New York, NY: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 394pp. Black papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index & bibliography. A comprehensive examination of the the phenomena of channeling with a Foreword by Charles T. Tart, author of "Transpersonal Psychologies." Spine ends rubbed, else a...... More
London: Starfire Publishing Ltd., 2015. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 280pp + 1pp afterword. Fine black cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's device to spine. Sewn. Printed endpapers, b&w and colour photos, & illustrations, extensive glossary, bibliography & index. Cover design by Steffi Grant. The republishing of the..... More
York Beach, Maine: Black Jackal Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. (8.75 x 6.75 inches / 220 x 170 mm), 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..... More
New York, NY: Causeway Books, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo, xxiv + 404 pp. Green cloth with black title etc to spine, top edge green, b/w illustrations, index. A facsimile reprint, with new Introduction, of the revised Second Edition (1894) of this important work on the funerary beliefs and traditions..... More
New York, NY: Basic Books, 1978. Hardcover. Large octavo. xviii + 460pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. Top-edge a little dusty, otherwise a clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped). More
London: Forum Press, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. 2 Issues Each 82pp. B/w illustrations. Stapled pictorial wrappers. A small magazine devoted to articles, letters, etc. on different aspects of sex and human relations. James McKenzie Gordon contributes a six-page article, 'The Sex Magic of Aleister Crowley' to Vol. 3, No. 6..... More
London: Bristol Classical Press/Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii+ 240pp. Dark green cloth with gilt tilting to spine, frontis, index. Includes twenty five page essay entitled "The Great Beast in Russia: Aleister Crowley's Theatrical Tour in 1913 and his Beastly Writings on Russia" by Will Ryan..... More
Thame, England: Mandrake Press Ltd., 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 216pp. Blue buckram with gilt title, etc. to spine. Edition limited to 350 numbered copies, this being number 81. (Copies 1 - 50 were specially bound, and signed by the author). Although not part of the "special edition" this copy..... More
Leatherhead, England: Diamond Books, 1991. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 182pp. Glossy wrappers. The first edition of the first "conventionally-published" (as opposed to privately printed and distributed) book about 'The Beast' by Amado Crowley [ Andrew Standish, 1930-2010 ?], who claimed to have been the illegitimate son of Aleister, and to..... More
Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xviii + 196 pp. Illustrated wrappers. Appendixes and bibliography, b&w illustrations. A joint study of Aleister Crowley and Dion Fortune by the biographer of Dion Fortune. Very light chafing to edges and points, else a tight clean near Fine copy... More
York Beach, ME: Weiser / Red Wheel, 2004. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo (7.25 x 5.875 inches). 158 (+ii)pp. Matt papered boards with gilt & white titling on spine & and front board, and gilt decorations to front board. Black endpapers, red silk marker ribbon. Printed throughout in red and..... More
Kings Beach, CA: Thelema Publications, 1988. Publisher's typescript mock-up. Hardcover. Tall octavo. (6 3/4 x 11 1/4inches). Approx. 100 leaves (printed on one side only) Blue binder's cloth, with elaborate gilt titling etc. to front board and spine. A publisher's "mock-up" or trial copy produced by Thelema Publications, the publishing..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Large thick Octavo. 940pp. B&W Photographic Ills. Printed paper covers. An original "uncorrected proof" copy of the 1969 Jonathan Cape first edition (thus) of Crowley's "Confessions". SIGNED by John Symonds next to his name on the title-page. The appearance of the Cape edition..... More
California: Thelema Publishing Company, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xii + 220pp. Original bright red textured fabricoid with gilt lettering to spine. Tipped in frontispiece portrait of Crowley, errata slip facing p. xii. The first edition of this important work, published by Karl Germer - Crowley's chief disciple and successor..... More
Neuchâtel: W. Sandoz, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 364pp. Later scarlet cloth binding with gilt titling and author's name to mid-spine, and the letters "N.C. B-C" in gilt at the base of the spine: the letters are the initials of Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper, indicating the book was previously in his..... More
Royal Oak, MI: Blue Equinox Oasis, OTO, Summer, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 264pp. Illustrated covers, appendixes. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Kaczynski on the half-title page. The volume comprises two chapters that were cut from the original edition of the author's biography of Aleister Crowley, "Perdurabo", the text..... More
New York, NY: American Aphrodite, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. Eccentrically paginated - approx. 200pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine; black and gilt titling and illustration to upper board; b&w frontispiece and illustrations. "American Aphrodite," was basically a quarterly "racy men's journal" - nicely produced in hardcover..... More
London: Sphere Books Ltd., 1972. First Sphere Books Edition. Softcover. Pocket sized paperback. 382pp + ii adverts. A reprint of Crowley's famous novel of addiction, magick and redemption with a new introduction by John Symonds. This copy SIGNED by John Symonds in the upper margin of the first page. John..... More
Basel, Switzerland: Sphinx Verlag, 1983. First German Language Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 494pp. Black cloth with white titling to spine and upper board, b&w frontis portrait of Crowley, black endpages, b&w illustrations. GERMAN TEXT. This copy SIGNED by John Symonds on the half title page. The text of this first German..... More
Chico, CA: L.A. Brock [ for Level Press ], ND (Circa early 1970's). Reprint. Softcover. Large quarto. xiv + 226pp. Printed on light green paper, b&w frontisportait. An early 1970s edition printed by L. A. Brock for the Level Press, although it does not have the Level Press imprint. The..... More
London: Guild Publishing, 1986. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxiv + 512pp. Black publisher's cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, frontis of The Tree of Life, b&w illustrations, appendixes, index. Colour dust jacket with striking design by Steffi Grant. The Guild Publishing / Book Club Associates reprint of the Symonds..... More
Modesto, CA: Arcane Wisdom - Bloodletting Press, 2009 [ 2010 ]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 366pp. Half brown leatherette over illustrated paper boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering and decorations. Printed endpapers, colour frontispiece and limitation page, b&w illustration. This is the deluxe "[half] leather bound edition"..... More
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Foyers: Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1907. Essay Competition Issue / Traveller's Edition. Hardcover, Three volumes in one, each with separate title page. Octavo, Vol. I: x + 270pp, Vol, II: viii (+ 2) + 282pp, Vol: III viii + 248pp. Original gilt stamped white buckram on limp..... More
London: Starfire Publishing, 2012. Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in slipcase. xxviii + 322pp. Black leather gilt lettered spine, with hand-made paper covered boards. Color frontispiece. Index & bibliography. Colour & b/w plates. Endpapers illustrated in b&w with photo of Crowley and Gurdjieff. Cloth bound slip-case, with full-colour dust-jacket. This Deluxe..... More
London: Sphere Books, 1979. Reprint. Softcover. Pocket sized paperback. 302pp. + iipp adverts. Illustrated covers. A seventies pulp paperback edition of Crowley's well known novel. It includes two Introductions, one by Kenneth Grant and the other by Dennis Wheatley. Great period cover art. The book is from the collection of..... More
