The Commentaries of AL Being the Equinox Volume V, No. 1.
Canberra, Australia: Thelema Publishing Company, 1990. Revised Second Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9.5 x 7.5 inches), [xxii]+ 456pp (iipp adverts). Gilt decorated purple cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board, color plates, index. An important collection of Crowley's commentaries on "Liber AL," collected and edited by Marcelo Motta, with his own comments appended. This Australian reissue of the original 1975/1976 edition contains a new Editorial, which - following in Motta's footsteps - includes a "rogues gallery" of individuals who had attracted the ire of the S.O.T.O.: "we continue our policy naming those people who claim to represent Thelema without proper Authority." Contents: Editorial, Introduction, The Title, The First Chapter [of Liber AL], The Second Chapter [of Liber AL], The Third Chapter [of Liber AL], The Comment, Appendices [comprising] Liber HAD, Liber NV, The Mass of the Phoenix, Liber Artemis Iota, Liber OZ, The O.T.O. Manifesto, One Star in Sight, Facsimile of the Original Manuscript of Liber AL (Liber XXXI). Index. Tiny white spots to rear board (offset from dust jacket), otherwise appears as new - thus a tight, clean near-Fine copy in near-Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket a tiny bit darkened - as common, a hint of chafing & creasing to the edges and points, not clipped. Now in mylar cover). A surprisingly scarce edition. Item #69049
Price: $600.00