The Soldier and the Hunchback.
Seattle [actually Brighton, England]: Unicorn, ND (circa 1974). First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 24pp. Grey stapled wrappers lettered and illustrated in dark blue. Although the rear cover has the imprint "Unicorn: Seattle" the booklet was actually produced by the avante-garde Unicorn Bookshop of Brighton, England, who were also the ones behind the piratical "'Booklegger Albion" imprint: "Booklegger" = "Bootlegger", "Albion" = "England" (in other words published by an English Pirate of Books!). The obsfucation was necessary as at the time questions regarding the Crowley copyright were very much unresolved. In all Unicorn published 5 booklets drawn from texts in "The Equinox" as well as an edition of Crowley's "Liber Aleph". This booklet reprints "The Soldier and the Hunchback", a philosophical essay which was first published in "The Equinox" Vol. I, No. I in 1909. 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. Light wear, remains of price sticker on rear cover, Sorcerer's Apprentice bookshop label on inside rear cover - else a tight, unmarked VG+ copy. Item #67696
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