Item #66447 A Strange Story (An Alchemical Novel). Occult Fiction, Lord Edward Bulwer LYTTON.

A Strange Story (An Alchemical Novel).

Berkeley / London: Shambala, 1973. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. xxii + 500pp. Gold paper covers illustrated and lettered in brown, A facsimile reprint of the 1892 edition of this late nineteenth century novel, perhaps Bulwer-Lyttons most famous - in which an evil character seeks eternal life through the practice of black magic. Aleister Crowley is known to have had a more than passing familiarity with the book, and recommended it to students as well as referring to it a number of times in his diaries and elsewhere. Cover a bit rubbed and worn with a few light marks from handling, spine darkened and creased, edges chafed and a few marks to page edges, pages toned - else a tight, internally clean serviceable Good + copy. Item #66447

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