Khing Kang King: The Classic of Purity. Liber XXI.
King's Beach, CA: Thelema Publications, 1973. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 22pp (printed only on recto side of page). Blue-gray cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover. Printed in blue with deckled page edges. Light blue tint to fore-edge. Originally published by Crowley in 1939 in an edition of 100 copies (of which arguably less than a quarter were distributed) this is the books second ever publication. The publisher, Thelema Publications, was run by Helen Parsons-Smith, ex-wife of Jack Parsons and long time member of Agape Lodge of the O.T.O. She brought out two editions of the work, one in 1973, and one in 1974. This is the 1973 edition - the true first issue of the Thelema publications edition. Cloth very slightly darkened at spine and outer edges, very light rubbing to lower edge, endpapers unevenly browned, and with short (quarter inch) splits at top and bottom of hinge, otherwise a tight clean VG+ copy. No dust jacket issued. Item #34804
ISBN: 0913576077
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