Item #65222 Magick Without Tears [ Magic Without Tears ]. Aleister CROWLEY, Karl J. Germer.
Magick Without Tears [ Magic Without Tears ].
Magick Without Tears [ Magic Without Tears ].
Magick Without Tears [ Magic Without Tears ].

Magick Without Tears [ Magic Without Tears ].

Hampton, New Jersey: Thelema Publishing Company, 1954. First Edition - First Issue. Hardcover. Large Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches). [ivpp. - blanks] + xxx pp + 400pp [+ ivpp. - blanks]. Original bright red binder's cloth with dull gilt titling to spine and upper board. The first issue of the first edition of this work, published by Crowley's follower and successor Karl Germer, in a print-run of 100 copies. According to correspondence between Jane Wolfe and Karl Germer the first 50 sets of sheets were sent to a binder, who bound them thus: in bright red cloth, with dull gilt titling, but with the "k" accidentally ommitted from the word "Magick" in the spine and cover titles. In essence the book is Crowley's personal commentary on magical work and training, offered in the simplest and most straightforward terms, in the form of 80 letters addressed to students. Crowley's original working title for it was simply 'Aleister Explains Everything.' This copy from the collection of Clive Harper, who is well- known as the bibliographer of Austin Osman Spare, for updating the Aleister Crowley bibliography in the 2011 Teitan Press collection of Gerald Yorke's writings, and as someone who has lent his expertise to numerous other publications. With his discrete book-label neatly tipped in at the rear. The cheap red fabric binding is prone to discoloration, and the boards of this copy are gently faded in places, and with light wear, including a one-inch rubbed strip down in the middle of the rear cloth hinge. Corners lightly bruised. Samuel Weiser bookseller's label on the front pastedown. Edges of text-block thumbed and a little darkened. Overall general signs of modest use, but still a tight, unmarked, VG+ copy (no jacket issued). Item #65222

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