Lot 96
Crowley (Aleister) The Winged Beetle, first edition, number 113 of 350 copies, signed presentation inscription from Crowley comprising three original limericks, Privately Printed, 1910.
Hammer Price: £4,000
Description
Crowley (Aleister) The Winged Beetle, first edition, number 113 of 350 copies, signed presentation inscription from Crowley comprising three original limericks dated Sunday Aug 19 '22 to endpapers, with Glossary of Obscure Terms tipped in at end, light scattered foxing, light browning to endpapers, original boards lettered and decorated in gilt, light fading to spine, spine ends a little bumped with small split to head, but a near-fine example otherwise, t.e.g., others uncut, [Yorke 33], 8vo, Privately Printed, 1910.
⁂ A superb copy with a lengthy and charming inscription to each of Austin Harrison's three daughters. Due to a flood at a storage facility a number of copies of this edition were lost and copies in this condition are rare.
Austin Harrison (1873-1928), journalist, editor of The English Review. He published several articles by Crowley in 1922 including a pseudonymous article for the Shelley centenary.
Description
Crowley (Aleister) The Winged Beetle, first edition, number 113 of 350 copies, signed presentation inscription from Crowley comprising three original limericks dated Sunday Aug 19 '22 to endpapers, with Glossary of Obscure Terms tipped in at end, light scattered foxing, light browning to endpapers, original boards lettered and decorated in gilt, light fading to spine, spine ends a little bumped with small split to head, but a near-fine example otherwise, t.e.g., others uncut, [Yorke 33], 8vo, Privately Printed, 1910.
⁂ A superb copy with a lengthy and charming inscription to each of Austin Harrison's three daughters. Due to a flood at a storage facility a number of copies of this edition were lost and copies in this condition are rare.
Austin Harrison (1873-1928), journalist, editor of The English Review. He published several articles by Crowley in 1922 including a pseudonymous article for the Shelley centenary.
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