Nashville, TN: Troll Publishing Company, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 52pp. Orange stapled wrappers, lettered in black. Two pages of preliminaries, and fifty pages of text, the last of which is blank, whilst the penultimate page reproduces Crowley's Liber Oz. Motta's study of Freemasonry and Christianity, with particular focus on..... More
London: Hulton Press, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Large quarto. Magazine format. 70pp. Illustrated stapled wrappers. B/w & color illustrations. Includes the four-and-a-half-page article 'The Man Who Chose Evil' by Jenny Nicholson; this article is the first of three by Jenny Nicholson on Aleister Crowley in consecutive issues of the magazine..... More
London: Philip Allan, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 282pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. A wide-ranging and sometime lurid glimpse of "rooms mysterious" in pre-Second World War Britain, written by Eliot O'Donnell (1872 - 1965), the Irish author who became famous for his books on ghosts and the supernatural. Amongst..... More
Milan: FrancoAngeli, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. xiv + 220pp + adverts. Appendix, Notes, bibliography and index. TEXT in ITALIAN. INSCRIBED by the author to the previous owner on title-page. A study of the social and political philosophies and actions of Aleister Crowley: the context in which they were..... More
London: The Book Collector, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 162pp. colour and b&w illustrations. Amongst the contributions to this issue are a 10-page colour illustrated piece by Rosalie Parker, entitled: "Aleister Crowley" which includes a 4-page bibliography of Crowley first editions with price guide. Unfortunately the latter is wildly inaccurate..... More
London: The Equinox, [1910]. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Small Octavo. viii + 164 pp [+ 2 pp of adverts], Neat contemporary pebbled black leatherette, with gilt titling, to spine. Raffalovich was one of Crowley's closest friends and disciples until the inevitable falling out. Crowley thought very highly of Raffalovich's literary..... More
Munich: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Religions- und Weltanschauungsfragen (A.R.W.), 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 85pp + (xix illustrations). Printed blue card covers lettered in black, b&w illustrations. GERMAN language. A small selection of texts by Theodor Reuss. Dieser kleine Reader stellt nur eine geringe, doch sehr aufschlussreiche Auswahl aus den umfangreichen Schriften..... More
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Munich: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Religions- und Weltanschauungsfragen (A.R.W.), 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 350pp + ii adverts. Printed blue card covers lettered in black, b&w illustrations.GERMAN language. A collection of texts by and relating to the occult and masonic writings of Theodor Reuss (1855 – 1923) the Anglo-German freemason, police spy..... More
NP [ USA ]: Birdland Communications / Component Spaces Division, 1998. First Edition. Large format softcover. Quarto ( 8.5 x 11 inches). xi + 154pp, ii. Black cloth tape spine, flexible clear plastic front cover over white cover sheet illustrated in black, black textured rear card cover. One of three..... More
NP [ USA ]: Birdland Communications / Component Spaces Division, 1999. First Edition. Large format softcover. Quarto ( 8.5 x 11 inches). vi, iii, 124pp, xxiv. Black cloth tape spine, flexible clear plastic front cover over white cover sheet illustrated in black, black textured rear card cover. Xeroxed sheets. One..... More
Sacramento, CA / York Beach, ME: College of Thelema of Northern California / The Teitan Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 288pp. Blue cloth with gilt title etc. to spine. Dust jacket. Frontispiece photo portrait, black and white photo insert, Index. Edition limited to 666 numbered copies. Phyllis..... More
Los Lunas, NM: Desert Star Temple, 2011 [2012]. First Edition - Hardcover. Hardcover. Octavo. Glossy printed boards (no dustjacket). xxiv + 158pp, b&w illustrations & diagrams. Although not stated this hardcover first edition was limited to 150 copies and is SIGNED by way of a bookplate, which is also stamped..... More
Los Lunas, NM: Academic Services International, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 224 pp. Glossy printed boards, b&w illustrations, diagrams. The hardcover edition limited to 200 copies - now out of print. SIGNED by the author on a specially-made color bookplate tipped onto the inside front cover. The author, Frater Shiva..... More
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
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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
NP [ Great Britain ]: POD, (2015). Presumed First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 142pp. Illustrated covers, The third volume in Skelson's "Crowley Ravensblack" series of novellas. Clearly self-published and devoid of much of the standard publishing data. From the publisher: "Crowley, Bryson and Reed are trapped. Where is Lafferty? Is Benny..... 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: Mandrake, 1991. Second edition, Revised and enlarged. Softcover. Octavo. 128pp. B&w frontispiece and illustrations, notes and index. This copy warmly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to Crowley scholar, Martin P. Starr on half title page. The Second revised and enlarged Edition of this delightful collection of bibliographically orientated..... 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
Bergen/Dumme, Germany: Peyn und Schulze Verlag, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches). 76pp. Stapled. Glossy pictorial wrappers, B&W Ills. and Diagrams. GERMAN TEXT. A single issue of this beautifully produced, magazine format, journal of Thelema and Magick. This issue includes: Das O.T.O.-Phänomen (12) Von..... More
Bergen/Dumme, Germany: Peyn und Schulze Verlag, 1993. First Edition. Softcovers. 4 Issues. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches). Stapled. Glossy pictorial wrappers, B&W Ills. and Diagrams. GERMAN TEXT. Four issues of this beautifully produced, magazine-format, journal of Thelema and Magick. The issues include: FEBRUAR: 76pp. Von Kopf bis..... More
Bergen/Dumme, Germany: Peyn und Schulze Verlag, 1992. First Edition. Softcovers. 11 Issues. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches). Stapled. Glossy pictorial wrappers, B&W Ills. and Diagrams. GERMAN TEXT. Eleven issues of this beautifully produced, magazine-format, journal of Thelema and Magick. The issues include: JANUAR: 76pp. Das O.T.O.-Phänomen (13)..... 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
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. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 174pp. Bibliography & index. The first edition, SIGNED by Colin Wilson on the title page. An example of the original publisher's press release announcing the book - a single page printed sheet of pale yellow A4 paper, folded twice to fit..... More
