Lot 131
Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol., in original vellum, Foyers, Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905-07
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., [edited by Ivor Back], 3 vol., printed on India paper, portrait frontispieces, tissue-guards, original vellum, yapp edges, silk ties, some detached or lacking, very light toning to spine, a clean, bright set, preserved in folding chemise and custom green morocco-backed slip-case (spine a little darkened, some insect damage), [Yorke 23], small 4to, Foyers, Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905-07.
⁂ The rare deluxe issue of Crowley's works. Only a small number of the total edition were bound in vellum, which were clearly intended as a deluxe issue and often used by Crowley for presentation to friends. The silk ties are notoriously fragile, to find the majority present, as here, is unusual.
Description
Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., [edited by Ivor Back], 3 vol., printed on India paper, portrait frontispieces, tissue-guards, original vellum, yapp edges, silk ties, some detached or lacking, very light toning to spine, a clean, bright set, preserved in folding chemise and custom green morocco-backed slip-case (spine a little darkened, some insect damage), [Yorke 23], small 4to, Foyers, Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905-07.
⁂ The rare deluxe issue of Crowley's works. Only a small number of the total edition were bound in vellum, which were clearly intended as a deluxe issue and often used by Crowley for presentation to friends. The silk ties are notoriously fragile, to find the majority present, as here, is unusual.