Crowley (Aleister) The Works...,[edited by Ivor Back], 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author "With Mr. Aleister Crowley's compliments" to front free endpaper, occasional scattered spotting, original limp linen, light browning and surface soiling, light bumping to extremities, preserved in custom vellum-backed drop-back box, [Yorke 23], 8vo, Foyers, Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905-07.

⁂ When the standard edition of his Collected Works failed to sell in great numbers, in an attempt to boost sales Crowley offered a £100 prize for the best essay on his works. The winner was also allegedly the only entrant, a Captain J. F. C. Fuller who enthused over Crowley's skill as a poet.