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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. £75.00

 

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). £75.00

 

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. £325.00

 

0611. ALEISTER CROWLEY: THE SOUL OF OSIRIS

1st 1901 129pp Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Paper covered bds. soiled at edges, sl. bent at bottom right. Inside bds. sl. spotted. Spine label darkened and scuffed at edges but intact. Binding nice and tight. Ex libris plate of J. Macdonald. Overall VG. Magical poems divided into four sections; The Court of the Profane, the Gate of the Sanctuary, The Holy Place and The Holy of Holies. £195.00

 

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

 

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

 

06242. ALEISTER CROWLEY: ONLY A DOG

1987 10pp Cambridge A5 booklet. Stapled wraps. Thoth tarot card tipped in, VG+. Limited edition 51/80 copies. £10.00

 

0867. ALEISTER CROWLEY: PAMPHLETS

nd. 1990s 13 pamphlets in sealed folder. NM. Contains 13 facsimile pamphlets inc. Hymn To Pan, Creed of the Thelemites, Rites of Eleusis, Your Interest in Magick etc. £5.00

 

06166. ALEISTER CROWLEY: THE SCENTED GARDEN OF ABDULLAH THE SATIRIST OF SHIRAZ

1st. facs. Ed. 1991 137pp Teitan Press. No d/w as issued, VG . Originally issued anonymously in an edition of 200 copies in 1910 and otherwise known as Bagh-i-Muattar. £35.00

 

0868. ALEISTER CROWLEY: THE VISION AND THE VOICE

1998 452pp Weiser trade p/b. Illus. NM. Liber 418, The Vision and The Voice, together with commentary and other papers inc. The Bartzabel working, The Paris working etc. £12.00

 

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

 

0869. ALEISTER CROWLEY (ed): THE GOETIA

1993 approx 96pp First Impressions. Illus. Quarter leather bound, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Sl. scuffed top and tail of spine else VG. This is the deluxe limited edition, no 19/50 copies only. A facsimile of Crowley’s copy, this book contains many marginalia including illustrations by Crowley of various goetic demons. Scarce. £125.00

 

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

 

06244. [A.C.] O.T.O. RITUALS AND SEX MAGICK

1st 1999 500pp IHO trade p/b. Illus. NM. Introduction by Peter Koenig, compiled by Anthony Naylor. Gives Crowley's initiation rituals and the instructional texts, including the scarce & explicit Emblems & their Modes of Use (the clearest text concerning Crowley's conception of sex magick), signs and words of IXth degree, regalia of Xth degree etc. and some pre-Thelemic versions of O.T.O. Rituals. Also constitutional missives, allegorical texts & other material. Extremely scarce. £200.00

 

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

 

06167. [A.C.] ALAN BURNETT-RAE: A MEMOIR OF 666

1st 1971 20pp A5 stapled booklet. VG+ . Ltd. Ed. 176/300. A short memoir of Crowley, together with 4 of his poems. This copy has a lengthy inscription by the editor Victor Hall to Brian Hill, editor of Ganymede in Rome. £20.00

 

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

 

08903. [A.C.] JAMES HARVEY: MEMOIRS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY

1st 1967 190pp Impact Library p/b. Sl. browned else VG. “Far more infamous in sexual bestiality than the Marquis De Sade!” Ultra rare Crowley title, a typical US ‘adult’ pulp novel that reads like a sexed up version of Mannix’s The Beast. £75.00

 

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

 

0871. [A.C.]: MYSTIC’S POTION TO PROLONG LIFE FAILS

1st 2007 16pp AC/DC A5 stapled booklet. NM. Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Crowley’s death, this excellent little booklet presents newspaper accounts of his death and obituraies, produced in facsimile. Limited edition of 31 copies. £6.00

 

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

 

06208. [A.C.] JOHN SYMONDS: THE MAGIC OF ALEISTER CROWLEY

1st 1958 209pp Muller. 8pp plates. VG+ in VG d/w. Classic d/w image Four Red Monks Carrying a Black Goat Across the Snows to Nowhere. About the nicest copy I’ve seen in a very long time. £65.00

 

0626. [A.C.] JOHN SYMONDS: KING OF THE SHADOW REALM

1st 1989 588pp Duckworth. NM in NM (price-clipped) d/w. NB. This copy has one small stamp on the history page for Bexley Library Service, noting acquisition date and original price. There are NO other stamps and no lending pocket etc. so may not have even reached a public library! Symonds penultimate biography of Crowley. £30.00

 

06143. [A.C.] LAWRENCE SUTIN: DO WHAT THOU WILT

1st US 2000 483pp St. Martins Press. 8pp photos. d/w sl. Creased else VG+ in VG d/w. A life of Aleister Crowley. Well researched biography. £8.00

 

081232. [A.C.] DON WEBB: THE FIRE AND THE FORCE

1st 2005 61pp Runa-Raven A5 stapled booklet. NM. Interesting interpretation by the former high priest of The Temple of Set. £5.00

 

06209. [A.C.] WOLFGANG GREGORY ZEUNER: THE COMPLETE CONCORDANCE TO A.C.’S THE BOOK OF THE LAW

1st 2001 116pp Fenris Brothers trade p/b. NM. Complete word breakdown of Liber AL vel Legis. £10.00

 

0880. LON MILO DUQUETTE: UNDERSTANDING ALEISTER CROWLEY’S THOTH TAROT

2003 330pp Weiser trade p/b. Illus. NM. A useful guide. £8.00

 

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

 

06310. KENNETH GRANT: OUTSIDE THE CIRCLES OF TIME

1st 1980 316pp Muller. 16pp plates. Page edges browned (as usual). VG in VG d/w. Much material on Andahadna (Nema, Maggie Ingalls) and the received text Liber Pennae Praenumbra. £95.00

 

0657. KENNETH GRANT: OUTER GATEWAYS

1st. 1994 264pp Skoob h/b in d/w. 16pp plates. NM. The Necronomicon and The Book of The Law, yezidis, The wisdom of S'lba.. £30.00

 

0659. KENNETH GRANT: HIDDEN LORE

1st thus 1989 Skoob 4to h/b. 10 tipped in col. illus. Gilt dec. bds. no d/w as issued. Top fore corners sl. bmped else VG. Limited edition 222/1000. The Carfax monographs, collection of 10 essays originally issued seperately from 1959-63. The Tree of Life, The Golden Dawn, Aleister Crowley, Austin Osman Spare etc. This copy has embossed stamp with "ex libris Carl A. Wilkes Carpathia 222" on title page plus Carpathia 222 in black ink on front e.p. £95.00

 

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

NB. For further Kenneth Grant titles, see the new books section.

 

081108. FRANCIS KING (ed): THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE O.T.O.

1st 1973 240pp C.W. Daniel. Frontis. VG+ in VG+ d/w. An excellent copy of this scarce title. . The first publication of the "secret rituals" of the Ordo Templi Orientis. The book is in 3 parts: "The Birth and Development of the O.T.O.", "The Rituals Themselves" and "The Secret Instructions of the Seventh, Eighth & Ninth Degrees.” £150.00

 

08910. FRANCIS KING (ed): THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE O.T.O.

1st US 1973 240pp Weiser. Frontis. Spine of d/w sunned else VG in VG d/w. First American edition of the above. £145.00

 

0689. JAMES MARTIN: LIBER LXIX VEL PAN-PRIAPUS

1st 1993 204pp Abrasax. A4 format, loose pages bound in folder. Plain red card covers. Prof. illus. VG. Very scarce text from the editor of Abrasax magazine and Grand Master of the Ordo Templi Baphe-metis. A detailed guide to Thelemic and other sex magick practices. £95.00

 

081240. RODNEY ORPHEUS: ABRAHADABRA

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

 

0837. JOHN WHITESIDE PARSONS: FREEDOM IS A TWO-EDGED SWORD

1st 1989 96pp New Falcon trade p/b. NM. The collected essays of Jack Parsons, edited by Cameron. £15.00

 

06249. [JACK PARSONS] JOHN CARTER: SEX AND ROCKETS

1st ed. 1999 229pp Feral House. 8pp illus. Some underlining throughout. VG+ in VG+ d/w. The Occult World of Jack Parsons. Author is actually Paul Rydeen, who had previously authored “Jack Parsons and the fall of Babalon.” £12.00

 

06250 [JACK PARSONS] GEORGE PENDLE: STRANGE ANGEL

1st 2005 350pp Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 8pp plates. NM in NM d/w. Biography. £12.00

 

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

 

06158. ISRAEL REGARDIE: THE ROMANCE OF METAPHYSICS

1st US 1946 288pp Aries Press. d/w sl. faded on spine else VG in VG d/w. An introduction to the history, theory and psychology of modern metaphysics. £30.00

 

081119. ISRAEL REGARDIE (ed): ROLL AWAY THE STONE

1st 1968 242pp Llewellyn trade h/b. Sl. spotting else VG in VG d/w. An Introduction to Aleister Crowley's Essays on the Psychology of Hashish. Includes the complete text of The Herb Dangerous by Aleister Crowley, A Pharmaceutical Study by E. Whineray, The Poem of Hashish by Charles Baudelaire (translated by A. Crowley), The Hashish Eater by H. G. Ludlow. Edited and introduced by Regardie. £30.00

 

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

 

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

 

06253. AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: COLLECTED WORKS

1982 198pp Sorcerers Apprentice 4to p/b. Illus. VG. Ltd. Ed. 132/481. His Art, Philosophy & Magic. Commences with a Brief Biography and an essay "Sorcery of AOS" by Pete Carroll, Automatic Drawing article, Earth Inferno, Book of Pleasure, Focus of Life, Anathema of Zos. The standard of reproduction is not great but this publication proved to be very influential upon modern occult scenes especially Chaos Magick. £75.00

 

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

 

08106. [AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE]: FROM THE INFERNO TO ZOS VOL. 1

1st 1993 First Impressions 4to h/b. Prof. illus. Quarter leather binding, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Sl. scuffs to top and tail of spin, occasional marks to gilt edging else VG. This is the deluxe edition, no 19/104 copies only. This volume contains the writings and images of Spare; includes Earth Inferno, Book of Satyrs, Book of Pleasure etc. plus reproductions of original flyers, gallery catalogues and many miscellaneous illustrations. £130.00

 

081121. [AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE] WILLIAM WALLACE: FROM THE INFERNO TO ZOS VOL. II

1st 1993 442pp First Impressions 4to h/b. Bound in black Wibalin, hand-made French marbled endpapers, gold blocking on spine and front board. Illus. No d/w as issued. VG+. The artist’s books 1905-27. Analysis of the themes and symbolism in Spare’s books. £55.00

 

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

 

06129. [JOURNALS] BEHUTET No. 9

2001 36pp A5 mag. Illus. NM. Official journal of the Thelesis Camp, O.T.O. Excerpt from A new book by Lon Milo DuQuette etc. £4.00

 

06206. [JOURNALS] THE EQUINOX VOL. I NO. IX

nd 313pp 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

 

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

 

0623. [JOURNALS] 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

 

0627. [JOURNALS] O.T.O. NEWSLETTER VOL. 1 NO. 4

1978 48pp O.T.O. A4 stapled journal. Sl. rusty on staples else VG. Official organ of the Caliphate O.T.O. edited by Hymenaeus Alpha (Grady McMurtry). Includes Crowley's notes on the ritual of the pentagram, the Caliphate letters, translation of the Stele of Revealing etc. £20.00

 

06171. [JOURNALS] RED FLAME 9

1st 2001 215pp A4 p/b. Illus. VG. Ltd. Ed. 156 copies. Aleister Crowley in the public eye. Transcriptions of many contemporary newspaper reports and articles on Crowley. £40.00

 

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

 

06136. [JOURNALS] THELEMIC MAGICK 1

1st 1995 84pp Mandrake trade p/b. Sl. marked white cover else VG. The proceedings of the 9th. International symposium of Thelemic Magick. Articles by Michael Staley (on Lam), Robert Ansell on Spare, Dave Lee etc. £6.00