Los Lunas, NM: Desert Star Temple, 2011 [ 2012 ]. First Edition - Limited hardcover. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv + 158 pp. Glossy printed boards. B/W Ills. & Diagrams. Although not stated this hardcover first edition was limited to 150 copies. From remote antiquity to the present day people of all..... More
Sacramento, CA: Anima Solis, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (6" × 9") . 280pp. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B&w illustrations. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Although not noted, only 200 copies of the first hardcover edition were produced (as..... More
Sacramento, CA: Anima Solis, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (6" × 9") . 280pp. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B&w illustrations. A "launch copy" SIGNED by the author on a Weiser Antiquarian bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Although not noted, only 200 copies of the first..... More
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Oxford: Golden Dawn Publications, 1987. First Edition. Softcovers. Quarto. 11 x 8 inches. 30pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Billy Duvenny, cover art. The second issue of this important British journal which gathered together writers on Thelemic subjects from the (then) Caliphate, Typhonian, and other Crowleyan (and even anti-Crowley) perspectives and traditions..... More
Seattle WA: Elbow / Cityful Press, 1999. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. iv +187pp, b&w frontisportrait & illustrations, index. Biography, Filmography, Bibliography. From the publisher: "This collection of interviews spans Harry Smith's long and influential life in American arts and letters. They cover a quarter-century, touching on the full range..... More
London: Crucible, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 128pp, b&w illustrations and frontispiece. Notes and index. The first edition of this delightful collection of bibliographically orientated essays. The book is worth having for the essay on Crowley alone, but each of the others is similarly entertaining and instructive, and the..... More
London: John Long, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 176pp. Black cloth lettered in white on spine. Index. A collection of accounts of great British libel and slander trials with leading figures as diverse as Marie Stopes, Winston Churchill, Horatio Bottomley, Oscar Wilde et al. It includes four or five pages..... More
NP [ Great Britain ]: Privately Printed, ND [ 2016 ]. POD. Softcover. Octavo. x + 52pp.(includes adverts at rear). Glossy card covers, front cover illustrated a portrait of Crowley. As the title suggests, the book is a collection of quotes attributed to Crowley (although none of their sources are..... More
London: Starfire Publishing Ltd., 2011 [ 2012 ]. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 304pp. Sewn wraps. Limited to 750 copies. Pictorial covers. Extensively illustrated in colour and b&w. The first issue of Starfire appeared in 1986, and it has been an occasional Journal of the New Aeon, with special focus on..... More
Cape Neddick, Maine: Black Jackal Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. (8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches), xiv + 250pp. Blue natural cloth with spine lettered in gilt, and gilt device on front board. Sewn. Printed on acid free paper. Color frontispiece and illustrations. Numerous black and white illustrations..... More
Sydney, Australia: Helios Books and Ordo Templi Orientis (Australia), 2007. New Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. (174mm X 240 mm) 200 pages. Color printed on matt art paper. Originally published by the Mandrake Press in 1930, this is the first modern edition authorized by the Stephensen estate and makes substantial use..... More
London: Mandrake Press Limited, 1930. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 158 pp. Original blue-grey wrappers. The first edition of Stephensen's fascinating study of the press attacks on Crowley in the 1920s. Crowley's then-secretary, Israel Regardie, assembled a large collection of pertinent press clippings from Crowley's files, which P. R. Stephensen used..... More
New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. Reprint. Softcover. Large Octavo, x + 470pp. "An exploration into the life and works of a modern mystic, occultist, poet, mountaineer, and bisexual adventurer known to his contemporaries as 'the Great Beast.'" Although largely overshadowed by Richard Kaczynski's admirable "Perdurabo" and other recent..... More
New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. First paperback edition. Softcover. Large Octavo, x + 470pp. "An exploration into the life and works of a modern mystic, occultist, poet, mountaineer, and bisexual adventurer known to his contemporaries as 'the Great Beast.'" Although largely overshadowed by Richard Kaczynski's "Perdurabo" and other..... More
New York, NY: Roy Publishers, 1952. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 316pp. Blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, frontis, b&w frontis and illustrations. The First US edition of Symond's biography of Crowley, the book which introduced the children of the 1950s and 1960s to the Great Beast..... More
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1989. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xii + 588pp. Original fine scarlet cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, illustrations, index. John Symond's penultimate revision of the biography of Crowley that started life earlier, as 'The Great Beast'. It includes a considerable..... More
Milano: Edizioni Mediterranee, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 94pp. + iipp. ITALIAN text. An Italian biographical study of Aleister Crowley the title of which translates to: "Aleister Crowley: The Artisan of Evil". Covers lightly rubbed, otherwise a tight clean near Fine copy. More
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Oxford: Golden Dawn Publications, 1986. First Edition. Softcovers. Quarto 11 x 8 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. 30pp. The first issue of this important British journal which gathered together writers on Thelemic subjects from the (then) Caliphate, Typhonian, and other Crowleyan (and even anti-Crowley) perspectives and traditions. Contents include: "Sexual Magick..... More
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Oxford: Golden Dawn Publications, 1989. Softcovers. Quarto 11 x 8 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. 30pp. The seventh issue of this important British journal which gathered together writers on Thelemic subjects from the (then) Caliphate, Typhonian, and other Crowleyan (and even anti-Crowley) perspectives and traditions. Contents include: "Wilhelm Reich, Tantric Saint"..... More
Eugene, OR: Conquering Child, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Folio (newspaper format). 12pp. (inclusive of covers). B/w illustrations. The first issue of this quarterly Thelemic journal out of Eugene, Oregon. This issue includes lengthy articles "The Thelemic Origins of Wicca" by Aaron Leitch, the first installments of "Qabalah: The Key to..... More
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Schors, 2004. First Edition, First printing. Softcover. Large octavo. 145pp, vi adverts. Front cover illustrated with photo of Crowley, b&w illustrations, appendixes, bibliography. DUTCH text. The first Dutch language biography of Aleister Crowley - appears well written. Includes a short chapter on Kenneth Anger. From the library Clive..... More
Wellingborough, England: Aquarian Press, 1987. Seventh Printing. Softcover. Octavo.174pp.+ ii adverts, bibliography & index. Despite Wilson's stature, this would have to be one of the least popular of the many biographies of Crowley, although it is still interesting reading for those wanting another different perspective on the Beast. Moderate shelf..... More
USA: Privately Printed, 2005. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Stapled Booklet, 16pp. Glossy printed wrappers - front wrapper reproduces a portrait of Yorke by Crowley. Portrait frontis photograph of Yorke. Introduction by the late Gregory Von Seewald. This copy SIGNED by Von Seewald at the end of his Introduction. An essay..... More
York Beach, Maine USA: The Teitan Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (9 x 6 inches, approx 23.5 x 15.2cm). 344pp. Bound in fine black cloth, with gilt titling etc to the spine, Yorke family crest in gilt to upper board. Sewn, printed on acid-free paper. Colour frontispiece, and 16..... More
