RHODES: THE SATANIC MASS * 1ST US EDITION HARDCOVER W/ DUST JACKET * OCCULTISM

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HENRY T. F. RHODES.
THE SATANIC MASS: A SOCIOLOGICAL AND CRIMINALOGICAL STUDY.
Secaucus NJ: The Citadel Press.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
1955 (First UK 1954).
232 pages with Index. Octavo (8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inch) hardcover with d/j, full blue cloth, titling in black to spine.
Some erasable marginalia in pencil throughout (SEE PIC OF ONE OF THE WORST PAGES), some chipping & wear to much of d/j (SEE PICS), lightest bit of wear to cloth boards, o/w
GOOD CONDITION IN FAIR D/J.
PART I. ORIGINS.
I.) THE ANTIQUE GODS. • II.) BY THE DECEIT OF DEVILS.
PART II. THE MIDDLE YEARS (REVOLUTION): SOURCES AND EVIDENCE.
III.) THE THEORETICIANS. • IV.) THE LEGISTS. • V.) PRELUDE TO THE MASS. • VI.) SABBAT OF THE GOAT. • VII.) THE BLACK TURNIP. • VIII.) THE BLACK MASS PRIESTS. • IX.) VAIN OBSERVANCE: I.) THE CHILDREN OF SATANAEL. II.) THE OVERTURNED CHALICE. III.) THE MASS OF THE HOLY GHOST.
PART III. THE LATER PHASE (CRIME).
X.) 17TH-CENTURY BACKGROUND. • XI.) THE BEAUTIFUL HERETIC. • XII.) LA REYNIE AND HIS POLICE. • XIII.) THE ORGANIZERS. • XIV.) THE GIBOURG MASS. • XV.) THE ESTATE OF THE CLERGY.
PART IV. THE FINAL STAGE (BURLESQUE AND FARCE).
XVI.) UNDERGROUND. • XVII.) THE UNHOLY TWELVE. • XVIII.) THE FRANCISCAN DISORDER. • XIX.) THE WHITE MASS PRIESTS: I.) THE FACTS. II.) THE VISION AND CREED. III.) THE PASSING OF DR. JOHANNES. • XX.) THE WHITE MAGICIAN. • XXI.) THE LAST OF THE MANICHEANS. • XXII.) DR. BATAILLE. • XXIII.) THE MAN OF PROVENCE. • XXIV.) GREAT WAS DIANA. • XXV.) THE CONFESSION OF GABRIEL JOGAND.
PART V. THE DEVIL IN THE 20TH CENTURY (CONCLUSION).
XXVI.) THE DEVIL AND THE FREEMASONS. • XXVII.) THE END OF THE BLACK MASS. • XXVIII.) INDEFINITE CONCLUSION.
APPENDICES. • REFERENCES. • INDEX.
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SOME ERASABLE UNDERLING & MARGINALIA IN PENCIL AS NOTED, BUT VERY RARE IN ANY FIRST EDITION OR EVEN ANY HARDCOVER COPY.