GERALD GARDNER : WITCH

London: Octagon Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 224pp. Original red cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations, select bibliography, index. First edition of this early biography of Gerald Gardner. Attributed to Jack L. Bracelin, It is popular belief this book has been ghost-written by the Sufi master Sayed Idries Shah as during the 1950s Shah had been Gardner's secretary at the museum. on the Isle of Man and established the publishing company Octagon Press in 1960. Dust jacket a bit darkened, rubbings with a bit of cchipping to edges.