Item #56036 Tiger-Woman. My Story [ Tiger Woman ]. Betty MAY, Aleister Crowley - related works.
Tiger-Woman. My Story [ Tiger Woman ].
Tiger-Woman. My Story [ Tiger Woman ].

Tiger-Woman. My Story [ Tiger Woman ].

London: Duckworth, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 232pp. Orange cloth with light blue titles etc. to spine. b&w frontis and illustrations. INSCRIBED COPY. The memoirs of Betty May, one-time wife of Raoul Loveday, the former Oxford student who died whilst staying at Aleister Crowley's Abbey in Cefalu. The chapters on Loveday, Crowley, and the Abbey run to over 70 pages, and while clearly biased, they are not as vitriolic as many suggest and give an interesting first-hand account of life in the Abbey. This copy inscribed on the half-title page: "Jo, / From / Betty May [signature] / 1930." A surprisingly difficult book to find in first edition, signed copies are extremely uncommon. It is a book that is almost never found in Fine condition, and this example is in reasonably typical condition. The cloth is lightly rubbed and discolored - more so at the spine which is darkened so that the never-very clear titling is not very legible. Spine a little leaned, corners bruised, page edges darkened. Half inch closed tear to fore-edge of first blank, occasional small flecks of browning throughout. An obviously well-read but still solid about VG copy of a book that is almost never seen in better condition. As noted, signed copies are genuinely uncommon. (no dust jacket). Item #56036

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