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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Children of Cain, Deluxe Black Linen Edition with letterpress dust jacket,
limited to 161 copies.
As of today all deluxe editions of Michael Howard's CHILDREN OF CAIN have been shipped. Please see our Fine Editions page for an image of the Special Edition in full black goat.
We have just released Communique Zero of our new e-mail newsletter, advertising a number of rarities pulled from our vaults. We will continue to offer these unique items, as well as inform customers of new releases, over time. As we are gradually replacing our postal notification system with e-mail notification, all private subscribers who wish to join the list are urged to do so immediately.
January 4, 2012
We have just announced the first three titles in the Three Hands Press Monograph Series. For more information on these limited editions, go here.
Fortuna has provided us the rare privilege of working with two new contributors. Benjamin Vierling is an artist working in oil and egg tempera, and whose paintings draw upon a thorough knowledge of medieval and Renaissance symbolism. His work was recently exhibited at Strychnin Gallery in Cologne Germany. Three future projects featuring his work are planned.
William Kiesel, a magical authority on continental grimoires and Arabic magic, better known to some as the force behind Ouroboros Press, will be contributing a work to our Monograph series. Specifically the work concerns the structure of the Magic Circle and its importance in the grimoire traditions of Continental Europe.
Special Edition Copies of Children of Cain are slowly being shipped. Deluxe editions begin arriving here Friday and shipping on Monday January 9.
December 22, 2011
To mark the Solstice, the first deliveries of the Deluxe and Special copies of Children of Cain are arriving today at our facilities. These will begin shipping next week and continue to go out over the first week of January.
The first three books in the long-awaited Three Hands Press Monograph series have just been announced by postal mail to our subscribers. Details will be forthcoming on this site in the near future. The first in the series is Andrew Chumbley's Mysticism: Initiation and Dream.
November 18, 2011
Standard hardcover editions of Michael Howard's Children of Cain have at last arrived and are now shipping to our private subscribers; the image here shows the book sans dust jacket. The title will also be arriving directly at our selected vendors, so for those who prefer purchasing via this route be certain to inquire with your preferred book dealer for availability. Deluxe and special editions will be mailed in time for Christmas delivery.
Artist Liv Rainey-Smith, who was commissioned to create a unique set of woodblock cuts for Children of Cain, is now making her prints of the series available here.
September 29, 2011
Autumn at Three Hands Press promises to be very busy with several new titles soon to be announced. Our private patrons will be notified of these imminently, with a web announcement soon to follow.
Deluxe quarter-goatskin editions of Opuscula Magica Volume 2 are now shipping and will continue through the first week of October. Most of these have sold, but it's not too late to order. For more information, click here.
Owing to last-minute design refinements, the release date for Children of Cain has been revised to November 7 for standard editions, and November 28 for deluxe and special editions. The special full-leather edition of this title is sold out, but a small number of the deluxes are still available. For more information, go here.
August 26, 2011
Three Hands Press author Robert Fitzgerald has a new work appearing in Issue 2 of Abraxas Journal, an interview with Australian Enochian practitioner and artist Barry Hale. Congratulations to Robert for this fine piece, another excellent contribution to a sophisticated journal poised to define the aesthetics of occult periodicals for years to come. Abraxas 2 may be purchased from our stateside distributor, JD Homes Bookseller.
August 22, 2011
We are pleased to announce that Three Hands Press and Xoanon will once again be represented this year at the Esoteric Book Conference by the ever-reputable JD Holmes Bookseller. Those seeking rare editions of out-of-print works from these two publishers, as well as more recent in-stock titles, are encouraged to peruse his titles. 
Holmes also represents Starfire in North America, which has in the past published seminal magical essays by Andrew D. Chumbley (and re-printed most recently in their compilation Ecpyrosis). Volume II, number 4 of Starfire will also carry Daniel A. Schulke's essay 'The Ophidian Sabbat'. Artists represented at the Conference art show will include our own Liv Rainey-Smith and Daniel Schulke, whose painting Cryptarch (right) is one of nine images present.
Standard editions of Opuscula Magica volume 2 by Andrew Chumbley are still shipping. If you have not yet received this title, please be patient, as the response from buyers has been overwhelming. We thank all who have sent kind letters of support for the publication of this book, and due to high demand for the series will be moving up Opuscula Volume 3 on our production schedule.
August 4, 2011
Standard hardcover copies of Opuscula Magica Volume 2 by Andrew D. Chumbley are now shipping to all customers who pre-ordered. Shipments will be arriving at their destinations during the week of August 8-13.
July 25, 2011
Michael Howard's long-awaited book on Traditional Witchcraft, Children of Cain is now in press.
Collecting over forty years of research, much of it never before appearing in print, this definitive work details such obscure Old Craft figures as Monica English and Alastair Clay-Egerton, as well as its better-known proponents such as Robert Cochrane and George Pickingill. Lavishly illustrated with both colour and black and white photos, we will be offering three editions of the book, two featuring the cover artwork of Liv Rainey-Smith. For information on the book, click here. Liv's original witchcraft prints, created especially for Children of Cain, will be available at the occult art exhibit at this year's Esoteric Book Conference.
For an interview with Michael Howard concerning the genesis of the book and the origins of Traditional Witchcraft, click here.
July 23, 2011
Standard editions of Opuscula Magica volume 2 by Andrew D. Chumbley are now arriving. After our letterpress dust jackets are printed, the books will begin shipping on August 4. Deluxe editions will be shipping early to mid September. A recent review of Opuscula Magica Volume 1 of appeared in Hex Magazine.
July 1, 2011
Publication of Opuscula Magica Volume 2 by Andrew Chumbley, originally scheduled for a May release, has been delayed until July 22. At that time, standard editions will ship, followed by deluxe editions in early August. We have used this hiatus to modify the book to include several never-before seen original images by the Author.
Lux Haeresis, the new title by Daniel Schulke, has just been released by Xoanon Limited. Concerning the magical empowerment and extension of sensory parameters as aspects of ‘The Sight’ or the ‘Witch’s Eye’, the book was released in a limited edition of 729 cloth copies, 81 half-leather copies, and 27 full leather copies for private distribution.
IO:EVOE The Transvocatory Media of Barry Hale, the latest project by our own Robert Fitzgerald, will be appearing in Fulgur Limited’s highly anticipated Abraxas 2. Go here to learn more.
February 22, 2011
Three Hands Press is pleased to welcome Liv Rainey-Smith to our artistic coterie. Liv hails from the Pacific Northwest, executing visionary images in the time-honoured medium of woodblock prints. The subjects of her work include deities, demons, nightmare-spirits, and the monstrous emanations of the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. Liv's art will be featured in several upcoming titles to be announced later this year. View her work here.
The second volume of Andrew Chumbley's collected essays has been set for release in May. Opuscula Magica Volume 2 is subtitled 'Essay on Witchcraft and Crooked Path Sorcery.' This volume promises more of Chumbley's hard to find articles, including the rare Esoterra interview of 1996 and a never-before published article on the Crooked Path. Additionally, several full-page Azoëtia-era drawings will appear in this volume for the first time. For more information on this much-anticipated title, go here.
Those who did not obtain the first volume of Opuscula Magica are advised that all standard copies have sold out, but a small number of deluxe copies are still available. Inquires regarding availability of this title should be directed to our contact address.
We are formally announcing Three Hands Press Occult Monographs. Information about the first titles in the series will be forthcoming in the following weeks. Though most of the series has been planned, authors wishing to submit proposals for consideration should send a concise written proposal, with outline, to:
Three Hands Press
Attn: Monographs Editor
15501 San Pablo Avenue
Box G 313
Richmond Vista, CA 94806
February 18, 2011
We are pleased to report that Robert Fitzgerald’s A Gathering of Masks, released in December 2010, has sold out in its entirety. Congratulations to Robert, and Barry William Hale, who contributed a number of illustrations.
January 1, 2011
Three Hands Press inaugurates 2011 by welcoming Martin Duffy as our newest author. Readers of The Cauldron will be familiar with his erudite articles treating various aspects of traditional witchcraft. His first title for Three Hands Press, The Devil’s Raiments, will appear this year. We’re honoured to work with Martin and encourage our readership to explore his work.
December 26, 2010
Deluxe editions of A Gathering of Masks are now shipping, and we thank all who have been patiently awaiting their arrival. Response to the standard edition has been excellent and we have received a good deal of enthusiasm from our readership.
December 11, 2010
Xoanon Limited, our sister publishing house, has just posted broadsheet adverts to its private subscribership for Lux Haeresis, a new title by Daniel Schulke due out this vernal equinox. Sales of the title are by postal mail only. Interested parties not presently on Xoanon’s subscriber list should write by postal mail to:
Americas, Asia, Australia, and Pacific Rim:
1511 Sycamore Avenue
Box 131
Hercules, CA 94547
USA
Britain, Europe, Africa, and the Near East:
PO Box 556
Macclesfield, Cheshire
SK10 9FF
United Kingdom
December 4, 2010
Many thanks to all who attended the book launch of A Gathering of Masks, and to Fields Book Store for hosting us. The standard hardcover in gold wraps is now shipping and will continue through the end of December.
November 19, 2010
The standard hardcover edition of A Gathering of Masks is on track for release in the last week of November, with the deluxe leather copies soon to follow. Please join us for the book launch on Friday, December 3, at 8:00 PM at Fields Bookstore. Author Robert Fitzgerald will be speaking about the book's magical foundations and genesis, as well as reading selected excerpts and signing copies.
November 3, 2010
Hardcover editions of West Country Witches, Michael Howard's second
installment in the 'Witchcraft of the British Isles' series, are now out and shipping commences today; a small number of copies of this important work remain available. All October orders will be shipped this week, as well as those orders outstanding for Per Via Novum Carnis and The Occult Reliquary.
For those who have not yet pre-ordered Robert Fitzgerald's A Gathering of Masks, we still have copies remaining. At present the book is at the bindery and is on track for release in late November. Details of the official book launch are pending...
October 10, 2010
Please note that Three Hands Press will be undertaking our annual
inventory and operations maintenance from October 10-31. All Orders ande-mail received during this time will be addressed after Halloween. We thank you for your understanding.
Trade editions of West Country Witches are now being shipped. Hardcover editions will begin shipping November 3.
Robert Fitzgerald's A Gathering of Masks is on schedule for release in
late November; watch the news section of this site for an announcement
regarding details of the official book launch.
September 18, 2010
Three Hands Press is at the Esoteric Book Conference this weekend. For the event we are launching a limited edition art print by Daniel A. Schulke entitled Per Via Novum Carnis Dei Regnum Enuntiabitur. This is a web-only release; please click here for more details. Also please note we have a new section treating our Fine Editions.
September 13, 2010
By special arrangement, Andrew Chumbley's article 'Wisdom For the New Flesh' and accompanying artwork will be appearing in Starfire's new best-of complilation Ecpyrosis. Full details of the new title can be found here.
An expanded, never-before published version of the article entitled 'Gnosis For the Flesh Eternal' will appear in Opuscula Magica volume II, due out from Three Hands Press in early 2011.
The trade paper version of Michael Howard's West Country Witches will be released September 22, and the hardcover version October 8. We expect the release of A Gathering of Masks November 15.
July 26, 2010
The first copies of The Occult Reliquary have now arrived and we are packaging orders. Standard cloth editions are now beginning to ship, with deluxe and special edition copies going out toward week's end. We expect shipment to proceed well into the first week of August, so we entreat our good patrons for a few more days of patience.
June 3, 2010
We are duty-bound to inform our customers that, owing to the Promethean nature of the task, as well as the exacting nature of the spirits attending, the long-awaited book Occult Reliquary has been delayed until the first week of July. We appreciate your patience and good faith as we finalise this momentous volume, and are more than confident it will exceed expectation and cement the Collection's place in Western Occultism for perpetuity.
Response to Andrew D. Chumbley's Opuscula Magica Vol. I from all quarters has been very positive, and both standard and deluxe hardcovers are expected to sell out imminently. The coming-forth of this book is a critical milestone in the wider presentation of Chumbley's shorter, non-grimoric works; at least four other volumes in the series are scheduled for the near future. Thanks to all who have sent us well-wishes for the release of this important work.
Three Hands Press author Robert Fitzgerald will be presenting a talk entitled "The Devil in Print and in Person" at the Esoteric Book Conference in Seattle this September. Also present will be Dale Pendell, with a presentation entitled "Orpheus, Faust, Eve: Shamanism in the Western Tradition". For those new Three Hands Press subscribers who missed Pendell's The Language of Birds in January, we have a small number of hardcover copies remaining.
Our North American distributor, J.D. Holmes, as well as two of our retail affiliates, Michael J. Thompson and Night of Pan will also be at the Conference. Those seeking rare or out-of print-volumes from Xoanon Publishing or Three Hands Press may wish to investigate the offerings of these book vendors.
April 13, 2010
Standard and deluxe hardcover copies of Andrew Chumbley's Opuscula Magica Volume 1 are in the final stages of completion. They will begin
shipping on Wednesday, April 29. Those who ordered from us for the first time via PayPal are encouraged to request placement on our subscriber list, as at least one release over the next year that will be announced to subscribers only. We are also pleased to announce that the Opuscula series will also be carried by Caduceus Books.
March 22, 2010
Customers anticipating the release of The Occult Reliquary are advised that, due to the intricacies of production, the book has been delayed until late May, 2010. However, a number of design additions have been made to the work which will increase its fascinum, including photographs of Eldermans fetish objects by John Hooper, and the addition of extra colour plates.
Opuscula Magica Vol. 1 by Andrew Chumbley is now in the final stages of production and will be released mid-April 2010, on schedule. Our clients have inundated us with well-wishes and enthusiasm for this project, and we wish to thank them for their kind words. Successive volumes in the series will be released at regular intervals.
February 9, 2010
Standard hardcover and deluxe editions of Dale Pendell’s The Language of Birds have now been released and shipped. Though the deluxe copies are long gone, we still have a small quantity of the limited edition standard hardcover. A last-minute decision to print letterpress dust jackets for this edition adds a veil of rarity to the text’s poetic cipher of the Goddess Fortuna, even as she is unveiled to the eyes of the Beholder. Recent reviews of the work can be read at Dreamflesh and Earthrites.org. Three Hands has also just announced the Opuscula Magica series, treating the collected ‘minor works of magic’ by Andrew Chumbley. For more information go here.