The catalogue is the eighth in a series of on-line catalogues presenting a selection of works from the Aleister Crowley Collection of Clive Harper, as well as a small amount of material from Crowley scholar Martin P. Starr, and a selection from other sources. As always all our material is guaranteed to be 100% original, as described.
Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 1978. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. xvi + 338pp. Index, biblio & glossary. A "reconstruction" of the life of Aleister Crowley (rather disconcertingly it includes invented dialogue) with a highly complimentary Foreword by Israel Regardie. This copy previously owned by Crowley scholar, Martin P. Starr..... More
York Beach, Maine USA: College of Thelema of Northern California / The Teitan Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 390pp. Blue cloth with gilt title etc. to spine. Dust jacket. Frontispiece photo portrait, Index. Edition limited to 777 numbered copies. This copy is one of the publisher's "launch..... More
Los Lunas, NM: Desert Star Temple, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xlviii + 192pp. Laminated pictorial boards. B&w illustrations. "A Basic Textbook of the Outer Order." Loosely inserted is a "calling card" sized slip of thin white cardboard which is SIGNED by the author and imprinted with his red lamen..... More
Los Lunas, NM: Desert Star Temple, 2012. First Edition - Hardcover. Hardcover. Glossy printed boards. Octavo. xxviii + 64pp. B/W Ills. & Diagrams. This hardcover edition limited to 150 copies. SIGNED by the author on a specially-made color bookplate tipped onto the inside front cover. The author, Frater Shiva, a...... More
Los Lunas, NM: Desert Star Temple, 2011 [2012]. First Edition - Hardcover. Hardcover. Octavo. Glossy printed boards (no dustjacket). xxiv + 158pp, b&w illustrations & diagrams. Although not stated this hardcover first edition was limited to 150 copies and is SIGNED by way of a bookplate, which is also stamped..... More
Los Lunas, NM: Desert Star Temple, 2012. First Edition - Limited. Softcover. Octavo. xl + 314pp. Glossy illustrated wrappers, b&w illustrations, appendices, endnotes. This copy is SIGNED by the author by way of a specially produced "launch" bookplate on front blank endpaper. Foreword by Martin P. Starr, scholar of Aleister..... More
Los Lunas, NM: Academic Services International, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 224 pp. Glossy printed boards, b&w illustrations, diagrams. The hardcover edition limited to 200 copies - now out of print. SIGNED by the author on a specially-made color bookplate tipped onto the inside front cover. The author, Frater Shiva..... More
London: Crucible, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 128pp, b&w illustrations and frontispiece. Notes and index. The first 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 entertaining and instructive, and the..... More
London: Mandrake, 1991. Second edition, Revised and enlarged. Softcover. Octavo. 128pp. B&w frontispiece and illustrations, notes and index. This copy warmly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to Crowley scholar, Martin P. Starr on half title page. The Second revised and enlarged Edition of this delightful collection of bibliographically orientated..... More
New York: The Theosophical Publishing Co. of New York, 1913. Ninth Edition. Hardcover, Small octavo (5 3/8 x 4 inches), xx + 134 pp. Blue pebbled cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, frontis, top edge gilt. The Judge translation of this classic Hindu scripture. From the library..... More
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1900. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, Small octavo (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches), xxxxi + 290 pp. Limp brown pebbled leater boards, gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, title-page in red and black. A pleasant small-format..... More
Venice, CA: Feral House, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. vi, 289pp, 1 page advert + xvi page b&w photograph insert at center. INSCRIBED by the author opposite the title page "to Martin P. Starr with thanks and best wishes, Richard Spence. June '08". A fascinating, well researched study of..... More
NP: Privately Published / Ordo Astri, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. x + 207pp + i pp advert. Navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine, b&w frontispiece and illustrations. A publication from the Ordo Astri - an "Independent Thelemic School of the Mysteries." From the publisher: "the author discloses..... More
Bolingbrook, IL: Teitan Press, Inc., 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 416pp. Blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt sigil on front cover, frontis, photographs. SIGNED by Martin Starr at the close of his Prologue. The first documentary study of Aleister Crowley's contemporary followers in North..... More
Las Vegas, NV: New Falcon Publications, 1990. Third printing. Softcover. Octavo. 182pp. b&w portrait of Crowley and illustrations. A reprint of Stephensen's fascinating study of the press attacks on Crowley in the 1920s which was first printed in 1930 - with more recent Introduction [1969], and Epilogue [undated], by Israel..... More
London: Rider & Co., 1951. First edition - First Impression. Hardcover. Large octavo. 316pp. Original blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. B&w frontisportrait & illustrations, bibliography and index. A significant ASSOCIATION COPY of the first edition of Symond's biography of Crowley, the book which introduced the children of..... More
London, The Pindar Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xii + 608pp. Blue cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine. Illustrations - 2 in color. Warmly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Symonds to a previous owner on the first blank. The final - and extensively revised - edition of John..... More
London: Mayflower, 1973. First Edition Thus [ Revised ]. Softcover. Small octavo. 464pp. Thick Pocket-sized paperback, Index. An unabridged and revised reprint of Symond's biography of Crowley, the book which introduced the children of the Fifties and Sixties to the Great Beast. This revised edition includes additional chapters on Crowley..... More
Austin TX: Scarlet Women Lodge, O.T.O, March 20, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Magazine format. 11 x 8.5 inches. 24pp. + printed inside covers. Red stapled wrappers illustrated and lettered in black. An issue of "The Scarlet Letter", the journal of Scarlet Women Lodge, O.T.O. of Austin Texas. It comprises several..... More
Smithville, TX: Runa-Raven Press, ND [ Copyright 2005 ]. POD. Softcover. Octavo. 62pp. Glossy purple covers with black lettering and illustration to upper cover. Don Webb, a former High Priest of the Temple of Set examines the initiatory and philosophical meaning of Crowley's work. According to the publisher: "The text..... More
NP [ Create Space - Poland ]: Steet Level Jesus [ Create Space ], 2018. POD. Softcover. Octavo. xii + 65pp. Black glossy paper covers lettered and illustrated in white and red. From the author: "West traces the dark occult belief system of Aleister Crowley and how dangerous it still..... More
East Elmhurst, NY: The Journal of the Tahuti Lodge, O.T.O., Fall Equinox, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Magazine format. 11 x 8.5 inches. 42pp. + printed inside covers. Stapled white wrappers illustrated and lettered in black. An issue of "The Scribe" the bi-annual journal of Tahuti Lodge O.T.O. of NY which..... More
East Elmhurst, NY: The Journal of the Tahuti Lodge, O.T.O., Fall Equinox, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Magazine format. 11 x 8.5 inches. 50pp. + printed covers. Stapled white wrappers illustrated and lettered in black. An issue of "The Scribe" the bi-annual journal of Tahuti Lodge O.T.O. of NY which was..... More
