Lot 125
Crowley (Aleister) Ahab and other Poems... With an Introduction and Epilogue by Count Vladimir Svareff, one of 2 copies printed on vellum, Chiswick Press, 1903
Hammer Price: £6,500
Description
Crowley (Aleister) Ahab and other Poems... With an Introduction and Epilogue by Count Vladimir Svareff, one of 2 copies printed on vellum, from an edition limited to 162, title printed in red and black, publisher's device on title and final f., silked endpapers, red crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, t.e.g., [Yorke 13], 4to, Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1903.
⁂ A stunning Crowley rarity, one of only two copies printed on vellum and the only copy in private hands. The other copy printed on vellum resides at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas.
Description
Crowley (Aleister) Ahab and other Poems... With an Introduction and Epilogue by Count Vladimir Svareff, one of 2 copies printed on vellum, from an edition limited to 162, title printed in red and black, publisher's device on title and final f., silked endpapers, red crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, t.e.g., [Yorke 13], 4to, Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1903.
⁂ A stunning Crowley rarity, one of only two copies printed on vellum and the only copy in private hands. The other copy printed on vellum resides at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas.