CROWLEY, Aleister, contributor; Frank Harris, Editor and contributor; various other authors including Upton Sinclair et al .

Pearson's Magazine, Volume 38, No. 2. August, 1917 [ Aleister Crowley contributes an essay: "Near Poetry" ].

New York: Pearson's Magazine, 1917. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. Eccentrically paginated ( 49- 96pp). Original wrappers. A journal edited by Frank Harris, long-time associate and friend of Aleister Crowley. This issue includes a near-full-page essay by Crowley entitled "Near Poetry (Thoughts on the Blank Verse with Special Reference to Mr. Robert Frost)" in which Crowley discusses the poetry of Robert Frost and others. Also various articles by Harris amongst which an essay on "Lord Dunsany and Sidney Sime" and a study of Emma Goldman by Guido Bruno. 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. Some damp affect overall leaving covers and pages a bit stiff and lightly rippled, although with no actual moisture discoloration. Covers and pages toney, chafed and some tears at edges, lightly chipped at spine, unmarked. A Good complete copy of this scarce periodical. Item #67158

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