Dedicated students of alchemy will welcome the news that the ‘lost book of Lapidus’ – The Pass-Keys to Alchemy – has finally manifested, more than 30 years after it was penned by the enigmatic adept, David Curwen!
Sincere thanks to all who have patiently endured the long wait, particularly those wise individuals who managed to secure one of the 119 hand-numbered copies of The Pass-Keys to Alchemy fully bound in red leather with gilt title and device, and silk bookmark ribbon:
Dan Coaten, Greg Kaminsky, Micah Nilsson, Thom Cavalli, Greg Brown, Paulo Figueiredo, Don Nance, Kevin Waddle, Paul Cowlan, Carlos Sorentino, Mark Corcoran, Zeyad Almajed, John Belongie, James Collins, David Greenhill, Peter Birrell, Vino Gormley-Veasley, Philip Campbell, Ben Fernee, Tom Ramsay, Brian Cotnoir, Laura Okazaki, Ethan Bok, Gudni Gudnason, Jason Caron, Robert Bartlett, John H. Reid III, Henry Hintz Jr., Stephen Jones, Peter van Suijlekom, Viktor Schiller, William Burkle, Adam McLean, Tony DeLuce, Hans Hammerschlag, Jeffrey Kupperman, Stan Marlan, Bruce Fisher, Dennis Hauck, Steve Kalec, Jeannie Radcliffe, Eileen Hansen, Paulette Harris, Allen Moore, Darcy Kuntz, Gabriel Maroney, Timothy Pucko, Lorraine Henrich, Christina Lozano, Yoko Tsukada, Marcella Hilferty, Peter Bilcliffe, phyllis livera, Joan Schweizer, Marcus Katz, Sue Ananian, Carolynn Ananian, Elizabeth Morgan, Khalid Alamoudi, Christiano Arnhold Simoes, Morten Dethloff, Paul Bradbury, Jeff Fails, Nancy Harte, Fritz Kienzle, Leland Byrd, John Mathiassen, Mario Velona, Noah’s Apothecary, Maria Griffin, M.T. Truelove, John Limbert, Juan Vargas, Marcus Pettus, Ethan Hall, Robert Wright, Marc Ziccardi, Jesse Hathaway, David Kazmierczak, Julie Amador, Jim Baldwin, Michael Thompson, Noe Escamilla, Ingo Lambrecht, Phoenix Aurelius, Benjamin Pybus, Russ House, Astra Jekabsone, Richard Forrest, Art Kompolt, Eddie LeBoeuf, Jason Meadows, Richard Nozell, Denis Pelletier, Oscar Rangel Martinez, Seth Van De Riet, Lenny Pedersen, Denise London and Sue Griffiths, Jeff McBride, Mitchell Thompson, Walter Sato, William Schuck, Daniel Hill, Simon Wright, Richard Torrens, Johann Plattner, Joshua Laudermilk, Patrice Maleze, and Scott Spencer.
Small batches of both the leather bound and standard hardcover copies have appeared within the past 48 hours, with the remainder of the print run arriving later this afternoon. Copies will ship during the coming week of 21-25 January 2013.
Copies of the standard hardcover edition of The Pass-Keys to Alchemy remain available.
Awesome! Looking forward to reading it!
Your copy – number 17 of 119 bound in leather – of The Pass-Keys to Alchemy should be with you there by now, James. We trust that it has been well received.
Actually yes I just got it yesterday! Thank you!!!
Got my copy in the mail Thursday, had been up the previous night coding. I awoke to the sounds of my dogs barking, I just happened to look outside the window and saw the mailman leaving, with my copy of the book -registered mail needs to be signed for. A quick yell out the window and rushing out into the cold with just shorts and tee shirt, to get the unknown package. I felt myself warm as I realized the package was from Salamander and Sons. I tore it open right there in the street, wind gust chilling me to the bone. The first sight of that long anticipated red leather binding pushed back the cold as if spring had come to the small area in which I stood. I opened the book gingerly to see what number issue I had received, I smiled and noticed that the red ribbon used for a bookmark was on the page corresponding to my numbered edition. I have a 16 year old brandy that I will enjoy as I get to know this book. Well done Salamander and Sons, well done indeed!
Once you’ve had a taste of our ‘book crack’, there’s no stopping, as you well know JHR3! Looking forward to a few sups of that 16 year old brandy of yours, if ever we make it up your way …
So pleased that copy 31 of 119 bound in leather is home with you!