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CROWLEY, Aleister (1875-1947). Fourteen Limited Edition Gordon Press Volumes. New York: Gordon Press, 1974.
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CROWLEY, Aleister (1875-1947). Fourteen Limited Edition Gordon Press Volumes. New York: Gordon Press, 1974. 4to. Red leather stamped gilt. 14 volumes. Titles include: Gargoyles, The Sword of Song, Songs of the Spirit, Tannhauser, Clouds without Water, Aceldama, The Soul of Osiris, Jezebel, Jephthah, The Argonauts, The Star and the Gatherer, Ahab and Other Poems, Orpheus, and Book Four. LIMITED EDITIONS of 200.
[WITH]: The Diary of a Drug Fiend. New York: Gordon Press, 1974. 4to. Red cloth stamped gilt.
A scarce collection of 14 volumes from the enigmatic New York publisher Gordon Press. The Press appeared in 1973 and had already vanished by 1976 after reprinting this facsimile series of Crowley's early, pre-Magickal works in 1974. The red-leather volumes were issued in limited runs of under 200 and distributed through the mail. Operating at an apparent financial loss, the publisher's opaque operations and swift disappearance birthed a persistent rumor that the Press was a government-funded sting operation designed to ensnare occultists.
Condition
Light rubbing and soiling to binding. Very good or better.
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