Occulta-Antiquariats-Katalog 16

Which Thought is Itself Untrue. A Reprint with an additional commentary to each chapter. 5th
printing of the revised edition. New York, Samuel Weiser, 1975. 196 p., with frontispice, 8°,
O-Cloth with Jacket 60,00 €
"Break, break, break / At the foot of thy stones, O Sea! / And I would that I could utter / The thoughts that arise in me!" - "A
witty, instructive, and admirable collection of paradoxes; however, it is not a philosophical or mystical treatise." (Cover text)
At the end of each chapter there is a commentary which was published the first time in 1952 (the first edition of "The Book
of Lies" was published 1913). - Jacket is distincly rubbed and a bit chipped; book slightly dusty and with a bit foxing, else
good (jacket is protected with a removable plastic cover).
207. Crowley, Aleister: The City of God. A Rhapsody. 1st edition. London, Published by the
O.T.O., 1943. 11 p., with frontispice, 4°, O-Paperback 350,00 €
Crowley Cross Index: C18 and Nr. 142. - It says: "This edition consists of 200 copies numbered and signed by the author."
This copy is number 145, but NOT signed. Crowley did only sign some copies until he died; therefore signed copies indeed
are rather scarce. - Little knocked; a good copy.
208. Crowley, Aleister: The Commentaries of AL being The Equinox Volume V, No. 1.
By Aleister Crowley and another. 1st Edition. New York, Samuel Weiser, 1975. [18], 288, [68],
[26] p., with 2 coloured plates, Gr.-8°, Gilt O-Cloth 175,00 €
"THE COMMENTARIES OF AL introduces a new series of The Equinox as Volume 5 Number 1, released under the
auspices of Marcelo Motta, the current Praemonstrator of the A.:.A.:. It is the first book to bear the Imprimatur of the Order
since the publication of Liber Aleph in 1962." (Cover-text of the missing jacket). Marcelo Motta was a disciple of Karl
Germer. - With facsimile of the handwritten "Liber al vel Legis" and with index. - A very good copy with ExLibris.
209. Crowley, Aleister: The Diary of a Drug Fiend. 2nd impression. London, W. Collins
Sons & Co. LTD., 1922. X, 368 p., 8°, O-Cloth with a coloured Cerox-Copy of the
Jacket 370,00 €
Crowley Cross-Index 98 and D 12: "Novel on Heroin and Cocaine use and its Thelemic antidote." - 2nd impression of the
1st edition, which also was published in 1922, just 2 weeks earlier. - A bit knocked and considerably rubbed (letters are
rubbed off); owner’s note; few pages slightly spotted, else a good copy.
210. Crowley, Aleister: The Equinox of the Gods. The Official Organ of the A .:.A.:. The
Official Organ of the O.T.O. Vol. III, No. III. 2nd printing. Tempe (Arizona, USA), New Falcon
Publications, 1997. [8], 137, [2], 21, 21, 21 [2] p., with few figs. and 2 coloured plates, Gr.-8°,
Illus. O-Paperback 52,00 €
Contents: The Summons; A Summary; LIBER AL vel LEGIS Sub Figura CCXX; GENESIS LIBRI AL (p. 39-137, contains:
The Boyhood of Aleister Crowley, Adolescence: Beginnings of Magick. The Birth of Frater Perdurabo, Beginnings of
Mysticism. The Birth of Frater OU MH, The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, The Results of Recession, The Great
Revelation. The Arising of THE BEAST 666, Remarks on the method of receiving Liber Legis [etc], Summary of the Case);
Facsimile of the MS. of Liber AL (3x 21p.); The Comment. - Good to very good copy with ExLibris-stamp.
211. Crowley, Aleister: The Fun of the Fair. (Nijni Novgorod, 1913 e.v.). Rancho RoyAL,
Barstow (Cal., U.S.A) and London, Published by the O.T.O., 1942. [6], 23 p., with frontispice,
4°, O-Softcover 450,00 €
Crowley Cross Index: F9 and Nr. 141. - It says: "This edition consists of 200 copies signed by the Author." This copy is
number 148, but it is NOT signed. Crowley did only sign very few copies until he died. So signed copies are indeed
extremely scarce. - Cover is a bit knocked; a good copy.
212. Crowley, Aleister: The Holy Books. 2nd Sangreal printing. Dalls (Texas), Sangreal
Foundation, 1972. 116 p., 8°, Illus. O-Paperback 40,00 €
Crowley Cross-Index 158 (for the first Edition 1969). - Contains Liber VII (Liber Liberi Vel Lapidis Lazuli), LXV (Cordis
Cincti Serpente), DCCCXIII (Ararita). - With preface by Dr. Francis Israel Regardie (i.e. Israel Regudy, 1907-1985), who
was from 1928 until 1937 the private secretary of Aleister Crowley. - A bit rubbed; ExLibris-stamp; otherwise a good copy.
213. Crowley, Aleister: The Law is for All. The Authorized Popular Commentary on Liber
Al vel Legis sub figura CCXX, The Book of the Law. Edited by Louis Wilkinson and
Hymenaeus Beta. 1st edition. Tempe (AZ) and Las Vegas (NV), New Falcon Publications,
1996. 302 p., with 2 coloured illus., 8°, Illus. O-Paperback 75,00 €
Crowley "worked for decades to interpret [the Meaning of the Liber AL ...] He eventually concluded that he was too close to
his subject to judge the value of his own commentaries, and entrusted the task to his best friend, Louis Wilkinson [...] The
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