Lot 123
Crowley (Aleister) The Mother's Tragedy, first edition, [one of 500 copies], Privately Printed, 1901
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Crowley (Aleister) The Mother's Tragedy, first edition, [one of 500 copies], very occasional light finger-soiling, some light scattered spotting, light browning and contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to spine (a little rubbed and browned), spine ends and corners a little bumped, light wear to corners, a little rubbed, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-backed box, [Yorke 7a], 8vo, Privately Printed, 1901.
⁂ Scarce, though 500 copies were initially printed, sales were poor and a large number of the sheets may have been used for the 1907 edition.
Description
Crowley (Aleister) The Mother's Tragedy, first edition, [one of 500 copies], very occasional light finger-soiling, some light scattered spotting, light browning and contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to spine (a little rubbed and browned), spine ends and corners a little bumped, light wear to corners, a little rubbed, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-backed box, [Yorke 7a], 8vo, Privately Printed, 1901.
⁂ Scarce, though 500 copies were initially printed, sales were poor and a large number of the sheets may have been used for the 1907 edition.