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New York, N. Y.: The Fatherland Corporation, 1916. Exceptional copy with very light tone, very light wear. Saddle-stitched binding Fine, with all pages secure, firmly attached. Includes Crowley Contribution "Behind The Front, Impressions of a Tourist in Western Europe. Part II", with A.C. at his black/dark humor best: "For some reason or other in their last Zeppelin raid on London the Germans appear to have decided to make the damage as widespread as possible, instead of concentrating it in one quarter. A house close to my lawyer's office in Chancery Lane was entirely destroyed...There is good hope that a certain building was destroyed which contains the only evidence of my owing somebody 5,000 pounds...A great deal of damage was done at Croydon, especially at its suburb Addiscombe, where my aunt lives. Unfortunately, her house was not hit; otherwise I should not have to trouble to write this article. Count Zeppelin is respectfully requested to try again. The exact address is Eton Lodge, Outram Road...".. Fir ... Read more

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New York, N. Y.: The Fatherland Corporation, 1915. Includes Crowley Contribution "England Or Germany? Mr. Harris". Light extremity tone, light creasing (see scan). Wear top corner. Saddle-stitched binding Fine, with all pages secure, firmly attached.. First Edition. Saddle-stitched. Very Good. 4to - 12" tall. Oversized.

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New York: The Fatherland Corporation, 1916. Includes Crowley Contribution "Lifting the Mask From England". Light extremity tone, wear, smudge bottom corner. Saddle-stitched binding Fine, with all pages secure, firmly attached.. First Edition. Saddle-stitched. Very Good+. 4to - 12" tall. Oversized.

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Essex House, Thame, Oxon: Mandrake Press Ltd., 1992. Limited to 750 copies. New, in Dust Jacket.. First Edition, Limited/Hand Numbered. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Antwerp: Fonds Mercator, 1992. An Unread copy, in DJ, enclosed in Publishers Slipcase as called for.. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. New/New. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

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Florence (Italy): SCALA Group S.p.A., 2010. A New, Unread copy in Dust Jacket. Quadrilingual Edition, with text in English, German, Dutch and Spanish.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Various Artists, Profusely Illustrated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy, Oversized Safely, and Securely Packed. Expedited, or International Please Inquire.

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London: The Morland Press, 1921. One of 50 copies - Edition Deluxe, from the collection of Edward Noel Fitzgerald (Frater Agape, IX degree O.T.O.). Initialed on the endpaper, with his handwritten penciled notes mirroring Aleister Crowley's personal holographic copy. Laid in, are three sheets (undoubtedly from Gerald Yorke), titled "Marginalia and poetry penciled by A.C. into his copy of The Focus of Life by A.O.S Spare(...)From the copy in the collection of G.J.Yorke." Vellum shows age and wear, Gold Gilt spine title bright with no loss. Brown buckram textured boards show general wear, with extremity aging. Though square, corners rubbed. T.E.G. Sewn binding tight. One of the earlier issues without pasted slip over the title page "with an introduction by Francis Marsden", unsigned, unnumbered. The images are a joy. As of yet, no subsequent reprint editions have satisfactorily captured the intricate details and fine nuances of the plates in this first edition. A unique copy, of an already difficult to procure t ... Read more

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London: Faber and Faber, 1946. Due to Post-War production values, a book usually found in well worn state. The tissue paper thin DustWrapper is present, and actually well preserved. Still bright, a few extremity chips (see scan). Book itself shows some light extremity wear, with aging, spotting. Spine gilt very bright. Binding remains extremely tight. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Seattle, Washington: Trident Books, 2003. "Limited to 500 numbered copies bound in leather..." (see below). A New, Unread copy. Top edge terminal pages, and bottom edge middle pages still retain specks of binder's over-glue, and although very easy to open, has yet to be. Finely bound in Full Black Leather, Gold Gilt title stamped to front board, with Red Leather Gold Gilt spine label. Marbled endpapers, with two silk page markers. Although limitation states 500 copies thus, it is quite safe to presume far less were actually bound/issued.. First Edition. Full-Leather/Silk Page Markers. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Great Britain: The Tartarus Press, 2000. One of 250 Hand Numbered copies. In DJ.. First Edition, Limited /Hand Numbered. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2002. New.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Sewn Binding. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York/Princeton: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Princeton University Press, 2007. New, Sealed in Publishers Shrink Wrap. Shares ISBN 978-1-58839-269-5 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Sewn Binding. New/Sealed. Large 4to - over 11" tall. Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.

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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1959. Book shows some extremity wear, aging. Corners sharp, square, binding very tight. Dust jacket shows some extremity wear, rubbing, price clipped.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Thame, England/Edmonds, WA: First Impressions [Mandrake Press Ltd/Holmes Publishing Group], 1995. An Unread Copy. Light rubbing, wear to extremities as per usual with the Wibalin boards, otherwise Fine. Gold Gilt titles, front board illustration blocking Fine without loss. Hand-made French Marbled Endpapers, with binding Extremely Tight. From the Publisher: "The first biography of the personal life of Austin Spare. Written by a long time student (1937-1956) this volume is crammed with the life and times of the magician/artist and includes the expanded text of The Magician of Southwark which was announced a few years ago. After an exhaustive search, there are more than 250 rare and unpublished photographs. The volume presents a new idea of the art and magic of Spare and is a comprehensive source of biographical information on Spare's life by F.W. Letchford".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Austin Osman Spare. Folio - 13" tall. Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.

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England: Sut Anubis Distributed By Occultique, 1987. Unread, touch of wear to wraps, still Fine. Binding tight and crisp. Direct text block reprint of the 1942 First Edition. Includes "Political Vote..." and "Landed Gentry". Original "Magical Childe" price sticker on rear wrap.. First Thus. Saddle-stitched. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Barstow Cal., U.S.A. and London, S.W. 1: Published by the O.T.O., 1942. #35 of 200 copies. Light wear to oversized wraps, as always. Internally Fine. Although unsigned, this is undoubtably a copy that was distributed during Crowley's lifetime, for it includes the tipped in errata slip, and the two page tipped in mimeograph, "Political Vote. B----y Secret", and "Landed Gentry" (as called for). Yorke 43.. First Edition/Limited/Numbered. Wraps, Bound with String Tie. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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