{"product_id":"obsolete-spells-poems-prose-from-victor-neuburg-the-vine-press-isbn-9781913689262","title":"Obsolete Spells: Poems \u0026 Prose from Victor Neuburg \u0026 the Vine Press","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of rare pagan poetry and purple prose from the heart of the 1920s counterculture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictor Neuburg is most famous for two things: discovering Dylan Thomas, and being the man that Aleister Crowley once turned into a camel. \u003ci\u003eObsolete Spells\u003c\/i\u003e offers another side of Neuburg, through his own poems and the strange books of Vine Press, the hand-operated imprint he ran from his West Sussex cottage between 1920 and 1930.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNeuburg's youth involved terrifying-yet-farcical years as Crowley's lover, victim, and magickal sidekick. His later period, as editor of the influential \"Poet's Corner\" column for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Referee\u003c\/i\u003e, found him a key figure in London's literary scene.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut in between, Neuburg acted as a conduit for bohemian writers, arts luminaries, and the sexually adventurous: Peter Warlock set his words to music, singer Marian Anderson lived in his spare room, and he was a fixture at utopian community, the Sanctuary. Through it all, he turned the handle on the Vine Press: books of nature writing and anonymous song; poems and artwork worthy of \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e, side-by-side with a book on cricket.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eObsolete Spells\u003c\/i\u003e offers a selection of Neuburg's work and others from Vine Press books--over-the-top hymns to the Old Gods, tales from a utopian landscape, and more, most of which has been out of print for a century.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302320623845,"sku":"NP9781913689261","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781913689261_08f0c1fe-8bee-4abf-bde9-12064de6feac.jpg?v=1730750407","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/obsolete-spells-poems-prose-from-victor-neuburg-the-vine-press-isbn-9781913689262","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}