Portable Darkness an Aleister Crowley Reader.
New York, NY: Harmony Books, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxviii+ 340pp. Original plum cloth spine w/ blue papered boards, gilt title, etc. to spine. Appendixes and recommended reading list. Stated first edition. An interesting selection of Crowley texts with Forewords by Genesis P-Orridge and the late Robert Anton Wilson. Stated first edition - and presumably first printing (there is a full number row 10-1 on copyright page) This copy 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. A tight, clean near Fine copy in very lightly rubbed near Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket now in protective mylar cover). Item #66658
ISBN: 0517571285
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