CROWLEY, Aleister.

The Gospel According to Saint Bernard Shaw [ The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw ].

San Francisco, CA: [ OTO ] Stellar Visions, 1986. First Edition Thus. Large format softcover. Quarto ( 8.5 x 11 inches), viii + 238pp (+ iipp). Flexible clear plastic front cover over printed paper cover sheet, dark blue plastic rear cover, secured together with a blue plastic back strip. Hand-colored endsheets. B&w diagrams. Reproduces in facsimile the text of this fascinating study of Christianity by Crowley, built around a critique of Shaw's 'Androcles and the Lion.' The text was first published by Crowley's follower, Karl Germer in very limited edition in 1953. This largely-facsimile new printing of the book was published by the well-known O.T.O. figure Ebony Anpu and his co-publisher Lotte Lieb (Sr Iahan) under their Stellar Visions imprint in 1986 - the first time the work had been reissued. The page following the title page has a series of quotes from the Grady McMurtry versus the Marcelo Motta court case of 1985, whilst the final leaf has a statement about the O.T.O. on the recto. 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 hint of shelfwear otherwise a tight, unmarked VG+ copy. Item #67104

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