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Alexandra : A Birthday Ode - w/ Publisher's Original Laminated Double-sided Announcement, Advertisement Card Prospectus
by Aleister Crowley [Mr Alfred Austin, Mr Owen Seaman, or Mr A.N. Other, Ophielia Cox (nee McHunt) And Diaper Of The Women's Monthly], Keith Richmond (Intro.), Anthony Naylor (Ed.)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1872736041
- ISBN 13
- 9781872736044
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About This Item
Essex House, Thame, Oxon: Mandrake Press Ltd, 1991. Hand-numbered, Limited to 350 copies. Unread. Touch of age, still FINE in Dust Jacket (see scan). Laid-in Publisher's Original, Double-sided Laminated Announcement (8" x 6"), in Fine condition : "Hardback Edition Limited to 350 copies bound in white Aberlave Buckram. Of the many curious and obscure Crowley works Alexandra is one of the most mysterious. The blanket of silence that Crowley cast over Alexandra subsequently led to much confusion concerning the nature and history of the book. The whole of the original stock was thought to have been destroyed by H M Customs on the grounds of obscenity and lèse majesté but is now available for the first time in this strictly limited edition".. First Edition Limited/Hand Numbered. Hard Cover, Buckram, Sewn. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Frontispiece, Drawings, Decorative Drop Cap, etc. 8vo - 9½" tall.
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- 932004
- Title
- Alexandra : A Birthday Ode - w/ Publisher's Original Laminated Double-sided Announcement, Advertisement Card Prospectus
- Author
- Aleister Crowley [Mr Alfred Austin, Mr Owen Seaman, or Mr A.N. Other, Ophielia Cox (nee McHunt) And Diaper Of The Women's Monthly], Keith Richmond (Intro.), Anthony Naylor (Ed.)
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece, Drawings, Decorative Drop Cap, etc
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Limited/Hand Numbered
- ISBN 10
- 1872736041
- ISBN 13
- 9781872736044
- Publisher
- Mandrake Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Essex House, Thame, Oxon
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - 9½" tall
- Keywords
- Occult, Magic, Mysticism, Yoga, Comparative, Eastern, Religion, Religious Psychology, Philosophy, Thelema, A.’.A.’., O.T.O., Aiwass, Thoth, Tarot, Kabbala, Cabbala, Qabalah, Grimoire, Sex, Magick, Drugs, 93, Rare, Crowleyanity
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- First Edition
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- Laid-in
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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