TheMandrake Press was a Britishsmall press founded by Edward Goldston andP. R. Stephensen in 1929. In 1930, the company had financial problems and a consortium led byAleister Crowley formed Mandrake Press Ltd to take it over. The consortium was likewise unsuccessful, and the company was dissolved in 1930.^[1]

Mandrake Press published over 30 items, includingD. H. Lawrence,The Paintings of D H Lawrence together with works byLiam O'Flaherty,Rhys Davies,Giovanni Boccaccio,Peter Warlock under the pseudonymRab Noolas,S. S. Koteliansky,Aleister Crowley,Thomas Burke,Cecil Roth,Beresford Egan,W. J. Turner,Brinsley MacNamara,Edgell Rickword,Richard Barham Middleton,V. V. Rozanov,Philip Owens, Vernon Knowles, and others.^[2]

At the 1985Cambridge University Exhibition of the works of The Mandrake Press, it was believed that no copies of theBook of Tobit, a part of the Catholic bible, had been produced, even though the book had been announced and a prospectus issued. Since then, three copies have been discovered – one in an Australian library and two in private collections.^[3]

• Black Lodge Booklets
• Mandrake Booklets^[4]
• Mandrake Press Booklets^[5]

• Munro, Craig (1984).Wild Man of Letters: The Story of P. R. Stephensen.Melbourne University Press.
• Munro, Craig (2000)."Stephensen, Percy Reginald (1901–1965)".Melbourne University Press. Retrieved24 May 2007.
• Mandrake Press:Cambridge University Exhibition Catalogue, 1985

• Evans, Dave (2007).The History of British Magic After Crowley: Kenneth Grant, Amado Crowley, Chaos Magic, Satanism, Lovecraft, the Left Hand Path, Blasphemy and Magical Morality. Hidden Design Ltd.ISBN 0-9555237-0-2.

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• Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
• British companies established in 1929
• Publishing companies established in 1929
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• Defunct companies of the United Kingdom

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