CROWLEY, Aleister; Introduced and edited by Keith Richmond - SIGNED by [ From the David Tibet collection ].

The Forbidden Lecture: Gilles de Rais [ The Banned Lecture ].

Thame, England: Mandrake Press, Ltd., 1990. First Edition Thus, limited. Hardcover. Octavo. 62pp. Original black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, portrait of Crowley on title page. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. This copy SIGNED by Keith Richmond on the title-page and from the library of British artist, writer and musician DAVID TIBET (founder of the music group Current 93) with his OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE and blind-stamp seal on a small piece of hand-made paper tipped onto the front paste-down. In February 1930 Crowley was invited to give a lecture to the Oxford University Poetry Society on the notorious medieval French occultist and mass-murderer Gilles de Rais. However the lecture was cancelled at the last moment after pressure was brought to bear by the University's Catholic Chaplain, Father Ronald Knox. Crowley retaliated by having his friend and publisher P. R. Stephensen quickly print copies of the lecture in booklet form, which were then sold on the streets of Oxford, thereby reaching a far greater audience than his original lecture would ever have attracted. 'The Forbidden Lecture' contains the complete text of 'The Banned Lecture' (including previously unpublished revision from an annotated copy formerly in the possession of P. R. Stephensen), as well as a previously unpublished essay by Crowley 'How I came to be banned at Oxford' and an historical introduction by Keith Richmond. Appears unused, pages lightly toned with some very light foxing on lower page edge, but still a tight, bright and unmarked near Fine copy in mylar protected near Fine dust jacket. (Small abrasion to inside of front flap, faintest of rubbing to dust jacket panels, not clipped). Item #68426
ISBN: 1872736009

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