The Un-Magickal Record of The Great Beast 666. Volume One: Sex - Drugs - Prophetic Roles ( The UnMagickal Record ).
United Kingdom: OrangeBox Books, 2011. First Edition. HARDCOVER EDITION. Quarto 284pp. Printed papered boards with illustrated dust jacket, black and white illustrations throughout. Hardcover edition limited to 93 copies of which this is number 50. Numbered on a specially-produced loosely-inserted postcard, which in this case is also INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Richard T. Cole. The book comprises an Introduction - "Occult Pulp Faction" by Sandy Robertson, a selection of essays by Richard T. Cole, and thirty-three facsimile reproductions of rare articles relating to Aleister Crowley, drawn from a variety of magazines published between 1939 and 1982, including: Auctions Record (1972) - Book & Magazine Collector (2008) - Smith's Weekly (1924) - True (1939) - Sensation (1939) - Everybody's Weekly (1949) - Fate (1949) - Sci. Fi. Quarterly (1953) - Action (1953) -Punch (1955) - Picture Post (1955) - People (1956) - True (1956) - Real Action For Men (1957) - Stag (1959) - American Book Collector (1961) - Adam (1964) - Real (1966) - Jaguar (1966) - Penthouse (1967) - Forum (1970) - Zodiac Monthly (1970) - Prediction (1970) - Strange (1971) - the Realist (1971) - High Times (1978) - Unexplained (1980) - Sounds (1982). Many of these magazines and articles are now difficult-to-find, and are here drawn mostly from originals in the collection of the late Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper. Although it is described as "Volume One" the book is complete in itself, and indeed no second (or other!) volume was ever issued. Included is a special Crowley-centric cross-word puzzle on a loosely inserted large foldout sheet, plus an accompanying 8 page booklet: "The Wickedest Prize Crossword in the World" which includes details of a a competition (of course now long-closed) . This hardcover edition sold out almost immediately on publication. As New. Still in original publisher's plastic bag. Book, dust jacket and ephemera are therefore all in Fine condition. Scarce! Item #74687
ISBN: 9781900962858
Price: $165.00