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06162. FRATER ACHAD (CHARLES STANSFIELD JONES): I.N.R.I.

1st 1924 12pp large stapled booklet. Staples sl. rusted in middle else VG . “De Mysteriis Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis” by one whose number is 777. The true symbolism of the Rosy Cross. Scarce edition. £50.00

 

100701. FRATER ACHAD: LIBER XXI

1993 30pp Side Real A5 h/b. Cloth backed decorative boards. VG+. Ltd. ed. 107/310. An excerpt from his magical diary. Also contains “Thinking Backwards.” £25.00

 

06204. FREDERICK CARTER: SYMBOLS OF REVELATION

nd 96pp Adam Fitzadam small book. Stiff boards, red cloth spine (NB. There has been red ‘bleed” affecting the spine of the first few pages). Illus. Page edges discoloured with age, overall G+. Signed “Frederick Carter April 2nd. 1935.” Originally published under the title The Dragon of Revelation (and recently reprinted under that name, in large format by IHO books). £50.00

 

081201. ALEISTER CROWLEY: 777 AND OTHER QABALISTIC WRITINGS

Rpt. 1996 approx 240pp Weiser trade p/b. VG. Contains “Gematria”, “Liber 777” and “Sepher Sephiroth.” £8.00

 

0801. ALEISTER CROWLEY: ASTROLOGY

1st 1974 204pp Neville Spearman. Illus. VG in VG d/w. General principles of Astrology, a study of Neptune and Uranus. £15.00

 

0612. ALEISTER CROWLEY: BOOK OF THE LAW

2004 Weiser h/b. Illus. Pictorial bds. NEW. Centenary re-issue. Introduction, the complete corrected text of Liber Al with Crowley’s notes and annotations found in a later draft of the work, new scans of the original manuscript,plus colour scans of the Stele of Revealing etc. Red ribbon marker. £14.99

 

0613. ALEISTER CROWLEY: BOOK OF THOTH

Rpt. 1999 288pp Weiser trade p/b. Illus. inc. 8pp col. NM. Crowley's in depth study of the Tarot. £8.00

 

06240. ALEISTER CROWLEY: THE COMPLETE ASTROLOGICAL WRITINGS

2nd. Imp. 1988 224pp Duckworth. NM in NM d/w. Contains Liber 536, How Horoscopes are Faked and Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia. £15.00

 

06164. ALEISTER CROWLEY: DIARY OF A DRUG FIEND

1st 1922 368pp Collins. No d/w. Front hinge sl. weak, some fading to front board, rubbed, lettering on spine faded. Sl. foxing and spotting to first few pages else VG . Very scarce first edition. £250.00

 

0617. ALEISTER CROWLEY: FUN OF THE FAIR

nd 1980s 24pp A5 booklet. Sl. Knocked at edges, VG. £4.00

 

06140. ALEISTER CROWLEY: GOLDEN TWIGS

1st 1988 152pp Teitan Press. Frontis. NM in NM d/w . A collection of eight tales, dramatising themes from James Frazer's The Golden Bough (hence the title). £35.00

 

0618. ALEISTER CROWLEY: HEART OF THE MASTER

nd 1980 40pp small booklet. VG. Facs. Copy of 1st edition. £4.00

 

0614. ALEISTER CROWLEY: THE LAW IS FOR ALL

6th. 1991 368pp New Falcon trade p/b. VG. Crowley's detailed commentary on The Book of The Law. £6.00

 

0619. ALEISTER CROWLEY: LEAH SUBLIME

nd 1980 12pp Crowl-E A5 booklet. VG. His pornographic hymn to Leah Hirsig. £5.00

 

0620. ALEISTER CROWLEY: LIBER AL VEL LEGIS

nd. 1980s 14pp A5 booklet. Sl. Sticker removal mark, VG. The text of The Book of the Law plus a few photocopied images. £4.00

 

0621. ALEISTER CROWLEY: LIBER AL

1984 50pp Heka-Baka A5 booklet. Sl. Cover crease, VG. 80th. Anniversary edition. £8.00

 

110606. ALEISTER CROWLEY: MAGICK

2nd. Rev. enlarged ed. 1997 844pp Weiser. Illus. VG+ in VG+ d/w. A fully revised edition containing all 4 parts of Book Four, plus extensive annotations, using Crowley’s notes. The definitive edition. £45.00

 

081202. ALEISTER CROWLEY: MAGICK

Rpt. 1985 512pp RKP. Illus. VG in sunned, G+ d/w. Edited and annotated by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant. £12.00

 

110205. ALEISTER CROWLEY: MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

1929 Subscriber’s Edition 436pp Lecram Press. Illus. Board detached from spine at rear, text internally VG. Large piece missing from top front of d/w, chipped all edges. G+ in G d/w. Not in the best condition but this copy notable for 4 newsclippings laid in relating to Crowley’s death and funeral. Three from The Express and one from the Telegaph. Dates and papers are written in pencil, along with the name of the book’s original owner, John Edwards of Magdalen College Oxford. £400.00

 

090202. ALEISTER CROWLEY: THE SOUL OF THE DESERT

1st thus 1974 20pp Thelema Publications small h/b. No d/w as issued. Gilt lettering on brown bds sl. faded else VG. Written at Touzer in 1914. £25.00

 

100708. ALEISTER CROWLEY: THE STRATAGEM

1st thus 1990 108pp Temple Press. Illus. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Includes the Stratagem, The Testament of Magdalen Blair, His Secret Sin and Which Things are an Allegory. £25.00

 

06241. ALEISTER CROWLEY: WHITE STAINS

1986 118pp Duckworth. VG+ in VG+ d/w. The Literary Remains of George Archibald Bishop, A Neuropath of the Second Empire. Introduction by John Symonds. Pornographic poems, first published anonymously in 1898 and attributed to his Plymouth Brethren uncle. £50.00

 

0870. ALEISTER CROWLEY (ed): THE GOETIA

Rev. ed. 1997 134pp Weiser trade p/b. Prof. illus. VG+. This edition is edited and introduced by Hymenaeus Beta. It also contains Crowley’s notes and some of his illus that appear in the First Impressions version, along with additional pictures from Collin De Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal. £8.00

 

110608. [A.C.] THE EQUINOX, COMPLETE SET

Deluxe ed 1992 6 vols Mandrake/Holmes. Each volume quarter bound in burgundy leather, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, red ribbon markers. Housed in slipcase covered in marbled paper/leather to match books. Each volume hand numbered. NB. On each endpaper front and rear) a previous owner has written “Lotus” in purple ink in a small neat hand. Minor scuffing on some board edges, some light scuffing on a few spines else VG+ in VG+ slipcase. Extremely rare set, published in an edition of only 50 sets (this being set no. 19). Comprises two editions of the Equinox volume 1 per book, with the sixth book being Vol. 3 No. 1. Please note that due to the weight, postage and insurance overseas will be excessive, please enquire before placing an order. £795.00

 

110609. [A.C.] THE GOETIA

1976 approx 66pp Equinox 4to h/b. d/w quite sunned and faded on spine, closed tear to rear and small hole else VG+ in G d/w. Facsimile copy produced by Jimmy Page and The Equinox bookshop. £50.00

 

090203. [A.C.] 666/777: THE BOOK OF PERFECTION Sub Figura Liber 440

1st 1977 120pp 93 Publishing trade p/b. Illus in col. Pictorial covers, VG. Limited edition 717/718 copies, printed on Carlyle Japan paper. Text printed in black and red. "During the four day period of January 5, 6, 7, & 8th, Year 71 of the Aeon of Horus, the scribe 777 received through direct invocation a five-part treatise entitled 'The Book of Codes--Liber 718', the revealed comment to Aleister Crowley's 'The Book of the Law' and later 'The Book of Oz' Together these make up The Book of Perfection, aka the Fourth Chapter of Liber AL. The Scribe 777 has been identified as James Beck, also known as Jimmy Rocket. £75.00

 

0872. [A.C.] MARTIN BOOTH: ALEISTER CROWLEY, A LIFE

1st 2000 507pp Hodder & Stoughton. 16pp photos. Pages sl. browned else VG+ in VG+ d/w. Biography by the late author. £6.00

 

100709. [A.C.] CHARLES CAMMELL: THE MAN, THE MAGE, THE POET

1996 230pp Black Books trade p/b. VG. Facsimilie of the 1951 edition. £8.00

 

110309. [A.C.] COLIN D. CAMPBELL: A CONCORDANCE TO THE HOLY BOOKS OF THELEMA

1st 2008 347pp Teitan Press. NM in NM d/w. Ltd. ed. 174/418. A reference guide for serious study of Crowley’s core works. Foreword by Richard Kaczynski. £25.00

 

110610. [A.C.] R.T. COLE: THELEMA REVISITED + EXTRAS

1st 2007 102pp Orange Box Books 4to h/b. Prof. illus. in colour throughout. Pictorial bds, no d/w as issued, NM. An account of the author’s visit to the Abbey of Thelema at Cefalu in 2007. Many colour photos of the murals (or what remains of them) plus detailed plans etc. This copy comes with several extras; firstly, an 8pp A5 full colour booklet “Crowley’s Ghost” which was a pre-publication extract from the book, used to promote it. Also included is a DVD containing more photos, a guided video tour of the abbey plus pdfs of the Anger/Kinsey Picture Post articles. Finally, there is an A4 colour photo, which is a reproduction of one of Kenneth Anger’s photos of a painted door from the abbey. This photo was obtained from a leading member of the OTO some years back. A rare package. £145.00

 

0873. [A.C.] J. EDWARD CORNELIUS: ALEISTER CROWLEY AND THE OUIJA BOARD

1st 2005 163pp Feral House trade p/b. NM. Interesting study by the editor of Red Flame journal. £6.00

 

0814. [A.C.] L. DUQUETTE & C. HYATT (ed): ENOCHIAN WORLD OF ALEISTER CROWLEY

3rd. 1997 162pp New Falcon trade p/b. Illus. VG+. The text of Liber LXXXIV Vel Chanokh with much supplementary material on its practical application. £6.00

 

0624. [A.C.] S. MICHAELSEN (ed): PORTABLE DARKNESS

1st U.S. 1989 339pp Harmony. VG+ in VG+ d/w. An Aleister Crowley Reader. Selection of his writings on magick, sex, yoga, Liber AL and more. Introduction by Genesis P-Orridge. £18.00

 

110308. [A.C.] ‘PRINCE ARIEL’: THE RIDDLE OF SEBRA

1st nd 1980s 32pp small stapled booklet, VG+. Prolegomena to any future analysis. Scarce study offering a solution to the riddle of Liber Al 220, 2:76. £25.00

 

06304. [A.C.] SANDY ROBERTSON: THE ALEISTER CROWLEY SCRAPBOOK

1st 1988 128pp Foulsham. Prof. illus. VG in VG d/w. Great collection of photos, anecdotes and ephemera. £12.00

 

06141. [A.C.] STEPHEN SKINNER (ed): THE MAGICAL DIARIES OF ALEISTER CROWLEY

1st 1979 251pp Neville Spearman. d/w sl. chppd. At edges else VG in VG d/w. Contains the diaries for 1923, after Crowley's expulsion - by Mussolini - from his abbey at Cefalu, Sicily. £30.00

 

0817. [A.C.] STEPHEN SKINNER (ed): MAGICAL DIARIES OF ALEISTER CROWLEY

2nd. 1997 251pp Weiser trade p/b. VG+. Crowley’s diaries for 1923, after his expulsion from Sicily. £6.00

 

0881. LON MILO DUQUETTE & CHRISTOPHER HYATT (ed): ALEISTER CROWLEY’S ILLUSTRATED GOETIA

2nd 2000 236pp New Falcon trade p/b. Prof. illus. NM. This one would have been better without the appalling illus. £6.00

 

110613. JAMES A. ESHELMAN: 776½

3rd. 2010 196pp College of Thelema 4to h/b. d/w bumped at bottom edge, sl. creased on flyleaf else NM in VG d/w. Tables of correspondences for practical ceremonial. An attempt to reorganize Crowley’s 777 into a more accessible format. Contains 200 tables, names of angels etc. plus 10 sample thelemic rites. £30.00

 

110614. JAMES A. ESHELMAN: VISIONS AND VOICES

1st 2011 586pp College of Thelema. Sl. bmped at bottom edge else NM in NM d/w. Presents Aleister Crowley’s Enochian calls with astrological and qabalistic commentary by Eshelman. £35.00

 

110207. KENNETH GRANT: THE MAGICKAL REVIVAL

Rpt. 1991 244pp Skoob. 12pp plates. VG+ in VG+ d/w. The first volume in the Typhonian trilogies. £45.00

 

110208. KENNETH GRANT: CULTS OF THE SHADOW

Rpt. 1994 244pp Skoob. 16pp photos. Sl. knock to top of spine else VG in VG d/w. £85.00

 

110210. KENNETH GRANT: HECATE’S FOUNTAIN

1st. 1992 288pp Skoob. 16pp photos. VG+ in VG+ d/w. £120.00

 

0665. KENNETH GRANT: REMEMBERING ALEISTER CROWLEY

1st 1991 66pp Skoob 4to h/b in d/w. Prof. illus. inc. 4pp. col. NM in NM d/w. Collection of letters, drawings and memorabillia relating to Grant's friendship with Crowley. £20.00

 

081240. RODNEY ORPHEUS: ABRAHADABRA

2005 200pp Weiser trade p/b. NM. Guide to understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thelemic Magick. £5.00

 

08103. ISRAEL REGARDIE: THE GOLDEN DAWN

5th. 1982 368pp Llewellyn h/b. Illus. Pictorial bds. sl. scuffed at edges else VG. Complete one volume edition. £20.00

 

081203. [ISRAEL REGARDIE] GERALD SUSTER: CROWLEY’S APPRENTICE

1989 182pp Rider trade p/b. Small closed tear on edge of cover else VG+. The life and ideas of Israel Regardie. £4.00

 

110427. AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: ADVENTURES IN LIMBO

1st 2006 approx 40pp Neptune Press 4to landscape p/b. Illus. in col. Throughout. NM. Ltd ed 61/150. Facsimile copy of one of Spare’s sketchbooks from the 1940s. 24 colour plates, printed on one side only. Essay by Keith Richmond. £145.00

 

0843. AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: BOOK OF SATYRS

1979 93 Publishing large folio volume. Illus throughout. Mark on rear cover, sl. sunned at edges, internally VG+. Facsimile of the original 1909 John Lane first edition. 13 b/w plates as well as several decorative pieces. £50.00

 

101033. AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: THE WITCHES SABBATH/AXIOMATA

1st 1992 Approx 60pp Fulgur. Col. frontis plus illus. d/w sl. worn at edges else VG in VG d/w. Ltd. ed. 219/956. Two volumes bound dos a dos. To repeat the oft told story, most copies were pulped by the original printer so fewer copies remain than the edition states. This copy includes (loosely inserted) an A5 size print of Spare in 1913, the original A5 flyer for the book and most importantly an original signed cheque from Spare, dated 1944. Scarce. £250.00

 

101034. AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: DEAREST VERA

1st 2010 174pp Fulgur h/b in d/w. Illus. throughout. NEW. A kaleidoscope of facsimile holograph letters from Austin Spare to Vera Wainwright. Includes illustrations by Spare. £35.00

 

110325. [AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE] THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE

1st 1982 approx 160pp The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 4to. Card boards, black taped spine. Prof. illus. Some pages starting to come loose else VG. Ltd. ed. 386/481, numbered in silver pen on 1st page. Edited by Chris Bray with an introduction by Peter Carroll on the sorcery of Spare. Includes facsimile of all Spare’s major works; Earth Inferno, Book of Pleasure, Anathema of Zos etc. This copy bears the ex libris plate of the author Eric Towers. £50.00

 

110634. [AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE]: FROM THE INFERNO TO ZOS VOL. I

1993 approx 300pp First Impressions 4to h/b. Prof. illus. Black cloth, gilt device to front boards. VG condition. The Writings and Images of Austin Osman Spare. Contains all the major works plus bibliography, exhibition catalogues etc. £95.00

 

06255. AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

1st 1992 24pp small stapled booklet. Green card covers, green paper (sl. browning at edges). Frontis. tipped in. VG. Ltd. ed. 333 copies. Catalogue from an exhibition at the Henry Boxer gallery to coincide with the launch of Axiomata/The Witches Sabbath. Notes by Robert Ansell and Gavin Semple. £20.00

 

081122. [AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE] AOS A CELEBRATION

1st 14th. May 2006 95pp IHO 4to p/b. Prof. illus. in colour. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Deluxe copy, printed on 160gsm cotton paper, with glassine wrapper. This publication was produced especially for an event in London, which marked the 50th. anniversary of the death of Spare. Features many illus. including 20 original artworks and 10 photographs, many not seen before. A lot of material focuses on Spare’s contributions to animal welfare (the proceeds of this event all went to the R.S.P.C.A.). Also included are several essays, plus reproductions of obituaries, letters and other ephemera. £125.00

 

110324. [AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE] OSWELL BLAKESTON: AOS, BLACK MAGICIAN

Proof copy 2007 162pp trade p/b with translucent d/w. prof. illus. inc. col. NM. Issued in 2007 as a limited edition of 125 copies, this proof copies differs in two respects. Firstly, the green card covers are lacking the book title but more significantly the d/w has been specially printed with the book title and the note “Proof copy for Ben Fernee” (owner of Caduceus Books). The book is signed and dedicated on the half title page “For Ben, best wishes Tony” (Tony Naylor). Foreword and introductory notes by Clive Harper. A rare collection of articles, memoirs and fiction by Blakeston, all relating to Spare. Also includes a number of colour reproductions. Extremely scarce. £195.00

 

110635. [AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE]: THE ART JOURNAL

nd. 2008 12pp Mandrake booklet. Illus. NM. Ltd. Ed. 22/59. Reproduces an illustrated essay on Spare from the Art Journal, first published in 1908. £20.00

 

06207. [JOURNALS] THE EQUINOX VOL. I NO. X

nd approx 400pp Mandrake 4to p/b. Plain white covers, NM. Small stamp on front cover indicating that this is a proof copy. Facsimile copy of the first edition. £20.00

 

JOURNALS

 

0623. EQUINOX VOL. III NO. 10

3rd. 1997 288pp Weiser trade p/b. Illus. Sl. marked on bottom edge else VG. Edited by Hymenaeus Beta. Continuation of Crowley's journal by the Caliphate O.T.O. Kenneth Anger, magickal poetry, O.T.O. history and practices. £8.00

 

0857. SKOOB OCCULT REVIEW NO. 3

1990 56pp A4 magazine. Illus. VG+. This issue includes the only interview with Kenneth Grant (more than likely conducted by himself), plus a two page article (his first) and small illus. by Andrew Chumbley – “A short critique and comment upon magic”. £8.00

 

110336. SOTHIS VOL. I NO III

1974 approx 138pp A4 journal. Illus. Spine badly ragged and torn, cover sl. coming loose. G+. A magazine of the new Aeon. Classic Thelemic magazine edited by Mike Mage, Jan Bailey and David Hall. Includes Crowley’s Cocaine, plus Achad’s Liber 31 and more. Includes loose insert announcing the re-appearance of the Abbey of Thelema (in Chesterfield!). £20.00

 

110337. SOTHIS VOL. I NO IV

1974 approx 120pp A4 journal. Illus. Spine sl. damaged else VG. Includes Jack The Ripper by Crowley plus a special supplement featuring the poems of Jack Parsons – Songs for the Witch Woman. Loosely inserted is a public apology by “Vaughan Purvis” for an article in the previous issue, plus the Abbey of Thelema announcement noted above. £35.00

 

110338. SOTHIS VOL. II NO I

1976 approx 100pp A4 journal. Illus. Cover and page edges badly stained, G only. This issue has a foreword by Kenneth Grant, plus Crowley’s Liber Pyramidos etc. £20.00

 

110339. SOTHIS VOL. II NO II

1976 approx 128pp A4 journal. Illus. VG. Includes The Elixir of Life by Crowley, plus articles by Dadaji etc. £40.00

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