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Independently published, 2019. Paperback. New. 160 pages. 8.98x6.02x0.35 inches.

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Independently published, 2019. Paperback. New. 160 pages. 8.98x6.02x0.35 inches.

Teitan Press, 1992. Facsimile Edition. Fine.. Brown cloth, gilt title and scarab beetle.

London: Privately printed,, 1910. An extensive poetic inscription First edition, number 113 of 350 copies of this notably uncommon collection of Crowley's poems. This is a presentation copy, inscribed by Crowley with three original limericks, signed and dated "Aleister Crowley Sunday Aug 19 '22 e.v.". Each of the five-line limericks were composed for the three children of the journalist Austin Harrison: Monica, Rene, and Josephine. Harrison (1873-1928) was editor at the English Review and, in 1922, "took on Crowley as a regular - and prolific- contributor through the summer. Harrison paid Crowley little but allowed him considerable creative freedom" (Sutin, p. 298). Crowley contributed essays under a variety of pseudonyms and on topics ranging from newly established drug laws to the centenary of Percy Bysshe Shelley's death. Harrison's respect for Crowley's prose was matched by Crowley's uncommon appreciation of his own work; in Crowley's Confessions he describes Harrison's writing as "always amazing… Leer más