The Magical Record of the Beast 666: The Diaries of Aleister Crowley 1914-1920.
Montreal, Canada: Next Step Publications, 1972. First Canadian Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 326pp. Red cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Index. The significant first publication of this group of Crowley's diaries, which cover virtually the whole of Crowley's American sojourn, from shortly after his arrival in 1914 to his departure in 1919, his subsequent travels, and early days at Cefalu in 1920. They record not only day to day events, but his magical workings, experiments with sex magick and drugs (hence he termed them his "Magical Record"). The book was jointly published by Next Step Publications, in Canada, and Duckworth in the UK, with the former apparently being the main movers in the project. Next Step was founded by Peter Macfarlane (best known for his role in 93 Publishing) and Pierre Robert. Cloth lightly rubbed and darkened, all edges and points lightly chafed, light bruising to spine ends, slight darkening and foxing to page edges, bookshop inkstamp to front blank, else a clean VG copy in near VG dust jacket (Dust jacket is a bit rubbed overall and a little chafed and chipped at edges, points and folds, not clipped). Item #60994
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