Item #66718 Much More Than Magick, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the passing of Aleister Crowley. Aleister CROWLEY, N. Culpeper, P. Warnes, Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper.

Much More Than Magick, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the passing of Aleister Crowley.

Cambridge, UK: Privately Printed, 2007. Limited Edition. Softcover booklet. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inch. (12pp) Stapled in thin peach-coloured card covers with printed paper facsimile of astrological chart tipped onto upper cover, tipped in sepia photographs of both a young and old Crowley, b&w chessboard illustration. Loosely inserted is a printed card reading "Much More Than Magick, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the passing of Aleister Crowley. Conceived by P. Warnes. Compiled by N. Culpeper and P. Warnes." A memorial to Crowley on the 60th anniversary of his death, produced by Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper & P. Warnes. The printed limitation statement reads "Limited to 33 numbered copies, 1 - 9 having translucent endpapers. This copy is No. ______" with the number "20" filled in by hand. As such it is the issue with opaque endpapers. The booklet comprises a tipped in photo of a young Crowley, the limitation page, quotes from Crowley about a particular climb he undertook, a comment on curries, the recipe for a rather deadly-sounding cocktail, a diagram and comment on a particularly interesting chess endgame played by Crowley, a note by Crowley at the death of his mother, and a passage from his poem "Rose of the World." From the library of the publisher, English bibliophile and Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper (1942-2011), with his book label tipped in at the rear. Fine condition. Unusual. Item #66718

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