London: Morgan and Scott Ltd., 1917. (New Edition) Third Impression. Hardcover, Octavo. xxiv + 3346pp (+ii - adverts). Original green cloth, with black titling to spine and front board. Frontispiece. A surprisingly uncommon work authored by Henry Grattan Guinness and his wife. Guinness (1835 – 1910) was an Irish Protestant..... More
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1914. Reprint. Hardcover, Small octavo. xx + 450 pp. Original black cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, blind stamp emblem and rules to front board. A pleasant edition of the "Historia Ecclesiastica" by the 5th-century C.E. Christian church historian Socrates Scholasticus (Socrates of Constantinople..... More
NP: Lulu.com, 2007. POD. Softcover. Octavo. 78pp. A privately published collection of Crowley's writings including "One Star in Sight"; Liber Graduum Montis Abiegni"; "Liber Collegi Sancti"; "A.'.A.'. Curriculum"; and "A Syllabus of the Official Instructions of the A.'.A.'.". The compiler evidently intended to include a Foreword, but failed to do..... More
![The Forbidden Lecture: Gilles de Rais [ The Banned Lecture ]. Aleister CROWLEY, Keith Richmond](/pictures/thumb/66172.jpg?v=1591286541)
Thame, England: Mandrake Press, Ltd., 1990. First Edition Thus, limited. Hardcover. Octavo. 62pp. Original black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, portrait of Crowley on title page. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. This copy SIGNED by Keith Richmond on the title-page. In February 1930 Crowley was invited to..... More
London: Iemanja Press, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 70pp Original yellow stiff card wrappers with titling etc. in black. Edition limited to 500 hand-numbered copies (this copy No. 308). This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to Clive Harper on the half-title page. ALSO included is a brief, hand-written..... More
London: Askin Publishers & Samuel Weiser, 1976. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. (vi) + 116 pp. Printed card wrappers. A scarce edition of Crowley's rendering of the great Taoist classic, with Introduction by Stephen Skinner. Typescripts of Crowley's version of the "Tao Teh King" circulated amongst Crowley's students, but the..... More
![666 Bibliotheca Crowleyana. The Collection of J. F. C. Fuller. ] Catalogue of a unique...](/pictures/thumb/66148.jpg?v=1591286539)
Edmonds, WA: Sure Fire Press, 1989. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 24pp. Stapled red wrappers with black titling and illustration to upper cover. A reprint of catalogue which accompanied the sale of the Crowley collection of J.F.C. Fuller in 1966, an excellent reference for many rare and unique Crowley items..... More
Oroville CA: College of Thelema, 1993. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Quarto. (11 x 81/2 inches) 20pp. Ten quarto leaves with text on both sides, with card front wrapper, secured together by a single staple at the upper left corner. Front wrapper is red card stock printed in black, final page..... More
[ California ]: College of Thelema, 1997. Reprint. Softcover. Quarto. 8.5 x 11". (ii) + 20pp. Front wrapper is red card stock printed in black with plain red rear cover, secured together by a single staple at the upper left corner. A reset reprint edition of Crowley's visionary text about..... More
San Francisco, CA: [ OTO ] Stellar Visions, 1986. First Edition Thus. Large format softcover. Quarto (11 x 8.5 inches), 142pp. Flexible clear plastic front cover over printed paper cover sheet, dark blue plastic rear cover, secured together with a blue 2 part plastic back strip. Hand-colored endsheets. SIGNED on..... More
Santa Cruz CA: The Magick Theatre [ Thelema Lodge, OTO ], 1989. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches). Not paginated [12pp.] Stapled light blue wrappers lettered on front cover and with an illustration of thoughtful seated Crowley on rear cover. A one-act play written by Crowley..... More
Berkeley CA: Horus Temple Edition / Thelema Lodge, OTO, ND [ Circa 1990 ]. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Quarto booklet (11 x 8 1/2 inches) Not paginated [28pp]. Stapled red wrappers lettered and illustrated in black. "Liber XV" - the Crowleyan "Gnostic Catholic Mass" - was first published in "The..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 190pp. Original green cloth with gilt titling and playing card design to upper board and titling to spine. While staying in Adams Cottage, Lake Pasquaney, New Hampshire, in 1916, Aleister Crowley had amused himself with various..... More
London: The Equinox Ltd., 1976. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, x + 66pp. Black cloth with red title, etc. to spine and front board. B&W diagrams, ribbon page markers. The famous grimoire of talismanic magic, the Lemegeton of Solomon. Crowley first published his edition of the book at Boleskine in 1904..... 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
![Hidden Lore. Hermetic Glyphs [ CARFAX MONOGRAPHS ]. Kenneth GRANT, Steffi - SIGNED](/pictures/thumb/66113.jpg?v=1591286534)
London: Fulgur Ltd., 2006. Limited Edition, Signed. Hardcover. Quarto. 74pp. Quarter black morocco, over blue cloth boards, silver gilt titling to spine and device to upper board. Grey cloth slipcase. Patterned Japanese paper endpapers, color frontis, index. Printed throughout in full color. This edition deluxe limited to 91 hand-numbered copies..... More
NP: Privately printed, ND [ circa 2000 ]. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. x + 84pp. Black plastic comb binding, with clear plastic coversheet and grey plastic rear cover. Title sheet in black and white. Glossary, illustrated in b&w. A facsimile reprint of this collection of essays, Kabbalistic, Magical and Philosophical written..... More
London: Skoob Books, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. viii + 66pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. Color and black and white plates. Kenneth Grant's reflections on Crowley, reproducing the text of numerous letters he received from "the Beast", original photographs etc. Spine ends lightly bruised, otherwise a...... More
![The Scented Garden of Abdullah the Satirist of Shiraz [ Bagh I Muattar ]. Aleister CROWLEY](/pictures/thumb/66084.jpg?v=1591286530)
NP ( East Morton, England ): Morton Press, ND ( circa 1980 ). Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches). 138pp. Full maroon faux leather binding with gilt titling to upper board, printed on 110 gm beige card stock. "The Scented Garden" is one of Crowley's scarcest..... More
Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1971. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 140pp. Green cloth with silver title title etc to spine, publisher's device blind-stamped to upper cover. An unusual edition of this collection of three novellas by Crowley: The Stratagem, His Secret Sin, and the Testament of Magdalen Blair..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1998. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large Octavo, xiv + 454pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt device on front cover, illustrations, index. By far the best edition of this important collection of magical texts. In addition to the details of 'Vision..... More
![Commentaries on the Holy Books and Other Papers [being] The Equinox Volume Four, Number One....](/pictures/thumb/65953.jpg?v=1591286529)
York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1996. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large octavo, x + 382pp. Black cloth with gilt print and embellishments, color & b&w illustrations, frontis, fold-out chart. Editorial notes, list of works cited, index. The major collection of Crowley's commentaries to the Holy Books. Includes his extensive..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1983. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. (9.25 x 6.375 inches) Octavo. xlviii + 270pp. Original black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and Greek lettering to upper board. Appendices. The first published collection of all fourteen of the Holy Books of Thelema, along with..... 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
London: Mandrake, 1991. Second edition, Revised and enlarged. Softcover. Octavo. 128pp. illustrations. Frontis. Notes and index. The Second revised and enlarged 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..... More
