Lot 128
Crowley (Aleister) Why Jesus Wept, first edition, [one of 100 copies on handmade paper], with 3 printed inserts, [Paris], Privately Printed, 1904
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Crowley (Aleister) Why Jesus Wept, first edition, [one of 100 copies on handmade paper, from an edition limited to 121 copies], with 8 pp folded insert "Mr. Crowley and the Creeds" and 2 different prospectuses loosely inserted, "Note to pages 75 and 76" inserted on stub at p. 77, some cracking to gutter with a few leaves working loose, original printed wrappers, very light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips, a near-fine copy, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [Yorke 19a], 4to, [Paris], Privately Printed, 1904.
⁂ A superb example, rare, in such condition and containing all of the printed inserts and prospectuses.
Description
Crowley (Aleister) Why Jesus Wept, first edition, [one of 100 copies on handmade paper, from an edition limited to 121 copies], with 8 pp folded insert "Mr. Crowley and the Creeds" and 2 different prospectuses loosely inserted, "Note to pages 75 and 76" inserted on stub at p. 77, some cracking to gutter with a few leaves working loose, original printed wrappers, very light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips, a near-fine copy, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [Yorke 19a], 4to, [Paris], Privately Printed, 1904.
⁂ A superb example, rare, in such condition and containing all of the printed inserts and prospectuses.