Lot 129
Crowley (Aleister) Oracles: The Biography of an Art, first edition, [one of 500 copies], Inverness, Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905
Hammer Price: £850
Description
Crowley (Aleister) Oracles: The Biography of an Art. Unpublished Fragments of the Work of Aleister Crowley, with Explanatory Notes by R. P. Lester and the Author, first edition, [one of 500 copies], 14pp. advertisements at rear, with perforated order form at end (perforation splitting at head), original wrappers, lettered on spine, spine ends a little chipped, upper joint repaired, upper cover verso with tape repair to foot, light creasing, some splitting to head of lower joint, preserved in folding chemise and calf-backed slip-case, [Yorke 20], 8vo, Inverness, Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905.
⁂ Scarce work, written by Crowley at Boleskin House, Loch Ness. We can trace only 1 copy at auction the in last 40 years.
Description
Crowley (Aleister) Oracles: The Biography of an Art. Unpublished Fragments of the Work of Aleister Crowley, with Explanatory Notes by R. P. Lester and the Author, first edition, [one of 500 copies], 14pp. advertisements at rear, with perforated order form at end (perforation splitting at head), original wrappers, lettered on spine, spine ends a little chipped, upper joint repaired, upper cover verso with tape repair to foot, light creasing, some splitting to head of lower joint, preserved in folding chemise and calf-backed slip-case, [Yorke 20], 8vo, Inverness, Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905.
⁂ Scarce work, written by Crowley at Boleskin House, Loch Ness. We can trace only 1 copy at auction the in last 40 years.