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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947.
- Occultism.
- Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947--Bibliography.
- Crowley, Aleister.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Foyers : Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905-1907.
- Contents:
- I. Aceldama. The tale of Archais. Songs of the spirit. The poem. Jephithah. Mysteries. Jezebel, and other tragic poems. An appeal to the American republic. The fatal force. The mother's tragedy. The temple of the holy ghost. Carmen Saeculare. Tannhauser. Epilogue. Appendix.
- v. 2. Oracles. Alice: An adultery. The Argonauts. Ahab and other poems. The God-eater. The sword of song. Ambrosii magi hortus rosarum. The three characteristics. An essay on ontology. Science and Buddhism. The excluede middle; or, the sceptic refuted. Time. Epilogue.
- v. 3. The star and the garter. Rosa mundi, and other love-songs. The Sire de Maletroit's door. Gargoyles. Rodin in rime. Orpheus. Epilogue and dedication. Appendix A. Bibliographical note. Appendix B. Index of first lines.
- Notes:
- Preface signed: I. B.
- Essay competition copy.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Cover title: The collected works of Aleister Crowley.
- At head of title: Travellers' edition.
- Preface signed: I.B. [i.e. Ivor Gordon Black according to BM cited below].
- "A few sets were issued as one volume" according to Yorke cited below.
- "1 copy on vellum, 1000 copies on India paper" according to bibliography in v. 3, p. 239.
- Publisher's notice (tipped in, vol. 1) telling of delay of the Table of Correspondences.
- "Index of first lines": v. 3, p. 240-248.
- "Towards an outline of a bibliography ... of Aleister Crowley [for the most part by L.C.R. Duncombe-Jewell]" : volume 3, pages 233-239.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy imperfect: vol. 3 wanting.
- Cited in:
- Yorke, G. Bibl. of Crowley, in J. Symonds' The Great Beast, no. 23
- BM, 46:519
- NCBEL, IV, 1034
- OCLC:
- 6175291
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