This is a very special catalogue in that it is the first of many online catalogues that will present a selection of works from the Aleister Crowley collection of Clive Harper, which is without doubt one of the finest in the world.
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NP [ UK ]: Twicen Books, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Book only. Octavo. 302pp. B&w illustrations. This copy SIGNED by the author on the first blank leaf and dated 10/10/2002. Amado Crowley [Andrew Standish, 1930-2010], claimed to have been the illegitimate son of Aleister Crowley and to have received occult..... More
Leatherhead, England: Diamond Books, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. [viii] + iv + 168 pp. The third book about 'The Beast' by Amado Crowley [Andrew Standish, 1930-2010], who claimed to have been the illegitimate son of Aleister Crowley, and to have received occult training from the Beast, although these claims..... More
Leatherhead, England: Diamond Books, 1991. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 182pp. Glossy wrappers. The first edition of the first "conventionally-published" (as opposed to privately printed and distributed) book about 'The Beast' by Amado Crowley [ Andrew Standish, 1930-2010 ?], who claimed to have been the illegitimate son of Aleister, and to..... More
Saint Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1971. Second Printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 128pp. Blue cloth with gilt title etc to spine, frontis, b&w and colour plates. The rites and teaching of the G .'. B .'. G .'. ("Gnostic Body of God" - but often cited as "Great Brotherhood of God"). The..... More
New York, NY: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1972. First US edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (xii) + 244pp. Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine, b&w illustrations, bibliography & index. The first US edition of the first book in Grant's "Typhonian Trilogy," in which he posits links between various ancient traditions and..... More
Neuchâtel: W. Sandoz, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 364pp. Later scarlet cloth binding with gilt titling and author's name to mid-spine, and the letters "N.C. B-C" in gilt at the base of the spine: the letters are the initials of Nicholas Bishop-Culpeper, indicating the book was previously in his..... More
London: Starfire Publishing, 2012. Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in slipcase. xxviii + 322pp. Black leather gilt lettered spine, with hand-made paper covered boards. Color frontispiece. Index & bibliography. Colour & b/w plates. Endpapers illustrated in b&w with photo of Crowley and Gurdjieff. Cloth bound slip-case, with full-colour dust-jacket. This Deluxe..... More
Montreal, Canada: 93 Publishing, ND [ circa 1973 ]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 44pp. Red cloth with illustrated boards, white title etc to cover and spine, text printed in blue, frontis. Effectively a facsimile of the very scarce First Edition which was designed by the renowned book craftsman..... More
Royal Oak, MI: Blue Equinox Oasis, OTO, Summer, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 264pp. Illustrated covers, appendixes. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Kaczynski on the half-title page. The volume comprises two chapters that were cut from the original edition of the author's biography of Aleister Crowley, "Perdurabo", the text..... More
NP: Creation Books, 2004. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Large octavo. 195pp + 1 page selective index. Includes 12 pages of b&w photographs, illustrations. The revised edition of Francis King's entertaining biographical portrait of Aleister Crowley. From the collection of Clive Harper with his discrete book-label neatly tipped in at the..... More
![Der O.T.O. Phänomen Reload (3 Volumes Set - complete); [ The Ordo Templi Orientis Phenomenon ]....](/pictures/thumb/64832.jpg?v=1577984353)
Munich, Germany: Hiram-Edition 31, 2011. First Edition Thus. Softcovers. Octavos. Three volumes, complete set. 480pp + 488pp + 506pp, ii adverts. Glossy black wrappers with white lettering to upper covers & spines, indexes. A small amount of the text is in ENGLISH but the great majority in GERMAN. Konig's controversial..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 200pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. The author, Louis Umfreville Wilkinson (1881-1966), was an English literary figure who wrote a number of satirical autobiographical and fictional works, mostly under the pseudonym "Louis Marlow." Wilkinson was a good..... More
England: Hell Fire Club, [ 2014 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 400pp. Full black cross-grain calf boards, with gilt sigil on front board and titling to spine. Red silk moire endpapers. Edition limited to 220 un-numbered copies. This copy includes a card, with printed gilt A.'. A.'. seal, inscribed by..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1957. First US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 244pp. Black cloth lettered in purple on spine. Oliver Haddo, 'The Magician' of Maugham's story, was clearly a portrait of Aleister Crowley, albeit a not particularly pleasant one, although Crowley claimed to have got great enjoyment from reading..... More
![Tiger-Woman. My Story [ Tiger Woman ]. Betty MAY, Aleister Crowley - related works](/pictures/thumb/64645.jpg?v=1577984350)
Great Britain: First Impressions, 1993. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. (ii) 232 + xvipp. Black cloth with gilt titles etc. to spine. Frontisportrait and illustrations in b&w. The uncommon "First Impressions" facsimile of the 1929 Duckworth edition of "Tiger-Woman". It is of course the memoirs of Betty May, one-time wife of..... More
London: Bristol Classical Press/Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii+ 240pp. Dark green cloth with gilt tilting to spine, frontis, index. Includes twenty five page essay entitled "The Great Beast in Russia: Aleister Crowley's Theatrical Tour in 1913 and his Beastly Writings on Russia" by Will Ryan..... More
York Beach, Maine: Teitan Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 88pp. Bound in high quality black cloth, with silver gilt title etc. to the spine, and striking black & white dustjacket featuring a seldom seen photograph of Parsons on the front. Black and white frontispiece portrait photograph of Parsons. Limited..... More
Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xviii + 196 pp. Illustrated wrappers. Appendixes and bibliography, b&w illustrations. A joint study of Aleister Crowley and Dion Fortune by the biographer of Dion Fortune. Very light chafing to edges and points, else a tight clean near Fine copy... More
New York, NY: American Aphrodite, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. 256pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine; red and gilt titling and illustration to upper board; b&w frontispiece and illustrations. The first issue of "American Aphrodite," a quarterly "racy men's journal" - nicely produced in hardcover form -..... More
New York, NY: American Aphrodite, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. Eccentrically paginated - approx. 200pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine; black and gilt titling and illustration to upper board; b&w frontispiece and illustrations. "American Aphrodite," was basically a quarterly "racy men's journal" - nicely produced in hardcover..... More
London: Mandrake, 1991. Second edition, Revised and enlarged. Softcover. Octavo. 128pp. B&w frontispiece and illustrations. Notes and index. The Second revised and enlarged Edition of this delightful collection of bibliographically orientated essays. The book is worth having for the essay on Crowley alone, but each of the others is similarly..... More
York Beach, Maine: Black Jackal Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. (8.75 x 6.75 inches / 220 x 170 mm), xiv + 250pp. Blue natural cloth with spine lettered in gilt, and gilt device on front board. Sewn. Printed on acid free paper. Color frontispiece and illustrations. Numerous black..... More
Thame, England: Mandrake Press Ltd., 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 216pp. Blue buckram with gilt title, etc. to spine. Edition limited to 350 numbered copies, this being number 81. (Copies 1 - 50 were specially bound, and signed by the author). Although not part of the "special edition" this copy..... More
London: Cassell, 1977. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 314pp. Brown cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations, list of sources, bibliography of the works of Fuller, index. The first UK edition of this biography of J. F. C. Fuller, for a time one of Aleister Crowley's leading..... More
London: Aeon, 2005. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo.174pp + ii adverts. Bibliography & index. Despite Wilson's stature, this would have to be one of the least popular of the many biographies of Crowley, although it is still interesting reading for those wanting another different perspective on the Beast. From the..... More
