Liber XV. O.T.O. Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae Canon Missae.
Berkeley CA: Horus Temple Edition / Thelema Lodge, OTO, ND [ Circa 1990 ]. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Quarto booklet (11 x 8 1/2 inches) Not paginated [28pp]. Stapled red wrappers lettered and illustrated in black. "Liber XV" - the Crowleyan "Gnostic Catholic Mass" - was first published in "The International" in 1918 and has later been reprinted in "The Equinox Vol. 3 No. I" and "Magick in Theory and Practice" and subsequently in many other volumes and formats. This the "Horus Temple Edition" published by Thelema Lodge of the O.T.O. and has much better production quality than usually seen in such publications. This copy from the library of the late lodge member Stephen Alexander with his neat Roman numerals at the bottom corner of each page. More recently from the collection of Clive Harper with his discreet book-label neatly tipped in at the rear. Harper 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. The booklet is not paginated, but someone have very neatly inked in page numbers in Roman numerals in the bottom of each page, and also corrected a typo on p. XIV. Light crease to upper corner of rear wrapper else Fine condition. Item #66134
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