The Star in the West. A Critical Essay Upon the Works of Aleister Crowley.
London: Neptune Press, 1976. Limited Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 328pp. Red cloth with white-stamped title on spine and title and elaborate design on front cover. This edition limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, this being copy no. 72. Fuller, who went on to become one of Crowley's leading disciples, originally wrote this as an entry in a competition Crowley held for the best essay on his own literary work. Fuller's essay won (it is rumoured to have been the only entry) and - surely somewhat surprisingly - he was duly paid the hundred pound prize that Crowley had offered. With Crowley's assistance Fuller rewrote the essay, and Crowley published it in 1907. This is a facsimile of the popular edition (sometimes called the second edition) that was published at the same time as the limited first edition in 1907.. Moderate shelf wear, corners and spine ends bumped, page edges a bit darkened. Text-block lightly bumped to top corner causing a light ripple/crease to upper corner of pages. Previous owner's blind stamped seal on half title page. Generally a tight, clean VG or better copy. (No dust jacket as issued). Item #70927
ISBN: 0950500119
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