The Equinox. Volume III, Number 10. The Review of Scientific Illuminism. The Official Organ of the O. T. O.
New York: 93 Publishing, 1990. First Hardcover of Revised second printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches). 288pp. Beige cloth with red gilt embossed Equinox coat of arms to front board and lettering and seal to spine, b&w illustrations, maroon endpapers. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Hymenaeus Beta on the half-title page: "For Bro. John Brunie, / Thelema [ in Greek ] Lodge Master, / "in the Bonds of the / Order / 93 93/93 / Hymenaeus Beta X° [in Greek beside an eleven-fold cross]". An important collection of writings by Crowley and others, with an Introduction by Hymenaeus Beta. It includes various essays by Crowley, an introduction to the history of the O.T.O., a study of the Gnostic Mass, chapters from Crowley's "Golden Twigs," a study of the work of Kenneth Anger with filmography, and poetry and prose by Harvey Bialy, Robert Kelly, Gerrit Lansing, Charles Stein, and others. Edges of text block a trifle darkened, all else practically as new - thus a tight & clean near-Fine copy still in the thick, transparent mylar wrapper that is often lacking (not all copies were issued with it). Item #72542
ISBN: 0913576336
Price: $425.00