CROWLEY, Aleister [with .

[ The Book of the Law ] Liber AL vel Legis.

New York: Soror Tanith & Frater OTz PTN, 1976. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small octavo (5.25 x 3.75 inches). 32pp. Original stapled wrappers, printed in red. An unusual edition of "Liber AL" published by followers of Kenneth Grant in the USA: Soror Tanith (Janice Ayers) & Frater OTz PTN 690 (Bill Siebert) in New York in 1976. With presentation inscription from Frater OTz PTN 690 (Bill Siebert) to Frater I.I.V. - 252 (David Hall) on the inside front cover. The inscription reads "Thanks for making Sothis what it is and what it is becoming." The recipient, David Hall (1942-2007), is most widely remembered as the author of "Beelzebub and the Beast" and numerous shorter pieces, and as the editor and one of the publishers of the 1970s occult journal "Sothis". This copy of "Liber AL" was later given by Hall to British artist, writer and musician DAVID TIBET (founder of the music group Current 93) and has his large OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE under the inscription. The front wrapper has the original price (93c) below which "Liber AL vel Legis / [OTO dove and chalice lamen] / sub figura CCXX / The Book of the Law." The first page is the title page, which has "Liber AL vel Legis / [OTO dove and chalice lamen]" above the publicaton details. Pages 2 & 3 comprise a short introduction made up from passages condensed from Chapter 5 of Kenneth Grant's "Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God," pages 4 & 5 have a black and white reproduction of the obverse and reverse of the Stele of Revealing, page 6 reproduces "Liber Oz," and pages 7 - 31 the text of Liber CCXX from the (corrected) 1942 US Edition, with the Tunis Comment in tiny print at the end. P. 32 has an advertisement for works from 93 publishing, and the printing and publication details of this work, which reveal that it was printed by the Glad Day Press, an I.W.W. approved Union Shop, and almost certainly the only edition of "The Book of the Law" to bear such an imprint. Covers slightly flecked (browned), a inch long tear at the top of the spine, rear cover has some creasing, a couple of careless pen lines in the margins. Otherwise a VG copy of an unusual edition with a unique provenance. Item #68489

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