The City of God: A Rhapsody.
South Stukely, Canada: 93 Publishing, 1979. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Quarto. 12pp. Glossy pictorial wrappers over card covers. This was the last (or near-last) book to be produced under the original, Canadian, incarnation of 93 Publishing, the imprint being later revived by Hymenaeus Beta in New York in the 1990s. Crowley wrote "The City of God" during his travels in pre-revolutionary Russia, and first published it in "The English Review" in 1914 and then separately, under the imprint of the O.T.O.in 1943. He recalled in his 'Confessions' that "I expressed the soul of Moscow in a poem "The City of God" .... it is a "hashish dream come true." The 93 Publishing edition is perhaps the most attractive of the modern reprints. Very slight rubbing to covers and creases to spine otherwise a fresh clean near Fine copy. Item #56024
ISBN: 091969006x
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