The Commentaries of AL, Being the Equinox Volume V, No. 1.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976. First UK edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo (9.5 x 6.5 inches), xxii + 288pp, xlii page facsimile of The Book of the Law", 26 page Index at rear. Red cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, color plates. The first UK edition of this important collection of Crowley's commentaries on "Liber AL vel Legis", edited by Marcelo Motta and with his own comments appended. Contents: Preface, 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. A hint of shelfwear, light bumping & chafing to spine ends and corners, page edges lightly browned, pages lightly toned but fresh and unmarked. A tight, clean VG+ copy in Good + dust jacket. Dust jacket a bit darkened (as common), all edges - spine and folds are chafed, with some chipping and short closed tears to edge. Some light blue paint (?) marks to the rear panel (don't know what they are, but they don't want to come off). Not price-clipped. Now protected by removable mylar sleeve. Item #70238
ISBN: 0710083998
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