Myself Not Least; Being the Personal Reminiscences of "X"
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1925. First UK edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 324pp. Original brown cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, index. A largely autobiographical work, which includes a couple of pages describing a meeting with Aleister Crowley, in which the author recounts the Beast's thought on Mandrakes (the plant, not the publishers). Oddly the section on Crowley is apparently only found in this, the first British edition, of the book - which is also quite scarce. 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. Boards a little darkened and rubbed, a little pale foxing throughout to edges and first and last leaves, endpapers unevenly browned, contemporary owner's details dated 1925 on front blank, small tea (?) splash at lower edge of half title page, otherwise a respectable better-than VG copy (no dust jacket ). Item #67748
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