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Mayflower Books Limited, 1973T. paperback. Good. 1.1024 6.9291 4.3307. Some wear and tear to the cover mainly on the edges. Pages have some wear as well.

Mayflower, St Albans, 1973. Revised Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 464 pp. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Edges browned. Marking to bottom margin of first 100pp. Covers slightly creased. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; England; Modern; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0583121950. ISBN/EAN: 9780583121958. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50437. . 9780583121958

Mayflower, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. 1973. 583-12195. Covers show light edgewear and creasing. Spine lightly creased, but sturdy. Binding sound. Previous owner wrote on front end paper. Interior lightly age toned but otherwise clean. > PAPERBACK

Rider and Company, 1953. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. fifth impression, March 1953. used hardcover copy lacking a dust jacket. book is somewhat shelfworn and corners a bit bumped. covers may be a bit scuffed and outer edge of page block somewhat dusty/discolored with age. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight otherwise. there are no marks to the text. pages a bit discolored with age. some foxing to endsheets and outer edges of page block. spine sun faded and stained. gilt lettering on spine dulled and heavily worn, almost unreadable.

London: Mayflower / Granada Publishing Ltd. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed. Page edges browning. 1973. Reprint. Paperback. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 464pp. .

NY: Roy Publishers, 1952. Book. Good. Hardcover. Hinge shaken, mild spotting to cloth and dustiness to exterior page edges. Text clean. 316pp..

Roy Publishers, 1952. Good. Symonds, John. The Great Beast: The Life of Aleister Crowley. New York: Roy Publishers, 1952. 1st edition. 316pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Good. Edges rubbed, especially both ends of spine. Light soiling of covers. Bookplate of former owner on front pastedown. Rear hinge cracked and holding on by a thread. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown.

Paperback / softback. New.

NY: Roy Publishers, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Blue cloth with light rubbing to edges, mild age toning to pages. 316pp..

United Kingdom: Rider & Co, 1951. Hardcover. Poor/NO Dustwrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With Gerald Yorke's invaluable bibliography. Second Imp . Rider & Co., London 1951. illus 316pp hb worn/discoloured with dampstaining to inside front cover and first few pages affecting the frontis but avoiding any text, contents sound, poor

St Albans, Hert UK: Granada, 1973. Pocketbook. Pocketbook. Very good. wraps, 464 pp covers lightly worn on the edges bookstore stamp on the first page Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

London: Rider, 1953 blue cloth, spots of fading to the spine strip, rubbed edges, internally clean and tidy, 316pp + plates, This is the fifth impression of Symonds' second book and the first one he did on Crowley, This is THE book that started the revival of interest in Crowley in the more mainstream circles and deserves to be in every collection of Crowleyana. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Rider, 1953 blue cloth, rubbed edges, some soiling to boards, internally clean and tidy, 316pp + plates, This is the fourth impression of Symonds' second book and the first one he did on Crowley, this is THE book that started the revival of interest in Crowley in the more mainstream circles and deserves to be in every collection of Crowleyana. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Rider & Co., 1951. 316pp; frontispiece; illustrated; blue cloth boards without d/j, title at spine faded, shelfwear and edgewear, toning to eps; internally good.. 1st Impression. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rider & Company, 1951-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. No dust jacket - The book is an ex-library copy, and comes with internal/external library markings. Pages are not marred by notes or highlighting. The cover and spine have some wear but remain intact.

London: MacDonald, 1971 Fragile gold foil DW is unclipped and complete with minor wear to edges and corners, slight surface mottling but still unusually good for such a fragile piece, fold in flap is creased but tidy, book shows minor handling soiling but generally very tidy, viii 413pp + frontis, an enlarged revision of Symonds' two earlier books on Crowley, based on Symonds' full access to Crowley's literary estate, the standard biography. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Macdonald, 1971. 1st edition thus being the augmented and combined edition of the 1951 The Great Beast and the 1958 Magick of Aleister Crowley, 8vo, 413pp, photo frontis; major work on the most misunderstood man in the whole, to paraphrase;VG Copy in the notoriously fragile DJ that is mildly rubbed with the beginnings of mild wear to spine tips but no noticeable loss and original price retained. Much has been written of Crowley and probably more to come, but this stands as the sanest study and certainly the standard work so far. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United Kingdom: Rider & Co, 1955. Hardcover. Good/NO Dustwrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With Gerald Yorke's invaluable bibliography. Sixth Imp. Rider, London1955. illus 316pp hb Some wear, inside front hinge split, some discolouration of pages. This was Jean Overton Fuller's (biographer of Victor Neuberg) copy and contains her bookplate along with a few of her notes and marked passages, good

New York: Roy Publishers, 1952. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 316pp. Blue cloth with gilt spine titles. With a b&w frontis photo of Crowley, plus additional photographs in b&w. Book has some small corner bumps. Dust jacket flaps were once taped to front pastedown and rear free endpaper, leaving old cellophane tape ghost marks, with tape residue also appearing on edges of jacket flaps. The dust jacket has some rubbing, a couple of short closed tears and some corner wear but still very attractive. A very good copy in like dust jacket. This was the first of Symonds' biographies of Aleister Crowley (there were three others published over the years: The Magic of Aleister Crowley (1958); The King of the Shadow Realm. Aleister Crowley: His Life and Magic (1989); and The Beast 666: The Life of Aleister Crowley (1997).

London: Rider & Co, 1951. First Edition. photos, illustrations, DJ wrapped in archival cover, chipped bottom of spine torn by 2", not priced clipped, creasing, blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, 316 pages, binding very good, pages clean, bookstore stamp front pastedown, slight foxing to endpapers, light toned pages, indexed. very good/fair to good. This book is a fascinating account of an unbelievable life. It tells the reader of Crowley's early days at Cambridge, and his subsequent expulsion from Trinity. Later, of his activities as a poet, and as a magician in The Golden Dawn, a secret occult society of which Yeats was a member, and with whom, Crowley quarreled fiercely. One chapter in the life of this extraordinary man - for he had courage, resource, and the toughness of a great explorer - was his attempt in 1905 to conquer Kangchenjunga, the still unscaled peak of the Himalayas. That expedition ended in treachery, disorder, and the death of five men." John Symonds was known to be both… Read More