CROWLEY, Aleister. Edited etc. by Jerry Kay.

[ The Book Of The Law ] Liber AL vel Legis, sub Figura CCXX as delivered by XCIII=418 to DCLXVI.

[ Los Angeles ]: Xeno Publications, 1967. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. (8.625 x 5.5 inches). 44pp. Original black printed yellow wrappers with title within naked woman and snake design on front wrapper. The rear wrapper has a four paragraph blurb, signed Jerry Kay, within a decorative border. The first printing of this unusual edition of "The Book of the Law," produced in 1967 by Jerry Kay, the film artist who had a brief association with the Solar Lodge, and is best known as the art director of the film 'Easy Rider.' The first page is the title page, with "LIBER / AL VEL / LEGIS / SUB FIGURA / CCXX / AS DELIVERED BY / XCIII = 418 / to DCLXVI " within the typical Egyptian-style border. The verso of the title page has "A.: A.: / Publication in Class A." above the A.: A.: seal and a complex imprimatur, followed by the publisher's details. Pages 3 - 9 reproduce the Introduction to the (corrected) 1942 US Edition, with some slight alterations to the footnotes, p. 10 is blank, and pages - 30 reproduce the text of Liber CCXX, again from the 1942 edition. P. 31 has a printed Baphomet image, and pages 32 - 44 reproduce the "Old Comment" from "The Equinox Vol. I, No. VII." Covers somewhat darkened at edges and spine, edges rubbed, staples a bit rusty with a bit of loss around the upper staple, paper toned - more so at margins, text unmarked, bookshop sticker. Overall a solid internally clean VG copy. Item #60396

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