Ellic Howe


Ellic Paul Howe was a British astrologer and writer on occultism and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn as well as on typography and military history. During World War II he worked for Britain's Political Warfare Executive on psychological warfare and forgery techniques under the name 'Armin Hull'.

Partial bibliography

Books on occultism

Urania’s Children: the strange world of the astrologers Astrology: a recent history including the untold story of its role in World War II Astrology and psychological warfare during World War II Magicians of the Golden Dawn: A Documentary History of a Magical Order, 1887-1923 Alchemist of the Golden Dawn: The Letters of the Reverend W. A. Ayton to F. L. Gardner and Others, 1886-1905 edited by Ellic Howe Merlin Peregrinus: Vom Untergrund des Abendlandes, Würzburg 1986
  • ''Fringe Masonry in England, 1870-1885 ''

Books on military history

  • ''The Black Game: British Subversive Operations Against the Germans During the Second World War''

Books on typography and bookmaking

Newspaper Printing in the Nineteenth century The Trade – Walter Hutchinson London Bookbinders: Masters and Men, 1780–1840 The London Compositor: Documents Relating to Wages, Working Conditions and Customs of the London Printing Trade, 1785–1900 The London Society of Compositors : A Centenary history French Type Specimen books The British Federation of Master Printers, 1900–1950 The Society of London Bookbinders, 1780–1951 The Typecasters The Sales Conference: The Second of Richardsons' Newcastle Chapbooks, Telling how the Chairman and the Chief Chymist Invented a Bronze Blue Ink which Tasted Like Vintage Port, and Containing a Recital of the Subsequent Events, Transactions and Proceedings
  • ''Harry Kweller and the Harkwell Press: A Fragment of Biography''