Aiwass through Aleister Crowley, Book of the Law

Book of the Law, O.T.O. Grand Lodge, April 9th 1974 (70th Anniversary of its Reception), Card covers Very Small format (16cm x 11.5cm) 47pp + (2pp). Issued on the 70th anniversary of the Reception. Reproduces first American edition (1942) which omitted the phase “Democracy Dodders” from Chapter V. of the Introduction, a bow to prevailing sensitivity during a time of war. An editorial decision which might be unexpected of a Thelemite. Crease to front cover bottom right corner. The gold ink to cover now very dulled otherwise Very Good

This item from the collection of Mr. Clive Harper, the bibliographer of Austin Osman Spare and president of the Fine Madness Society which offered comfort to those souls afflicted with an addiction to the acquisition of rare and obscure Crowley items. Provenance is confirmed by the enclosure of a slip of paper featuring the gilt blocked head of a goat-stag hybrid as envisaged by Austin Osman Spare. Originally this being appeared on the front cover of the Starlit Mire (1911), a book he illustrated. These are handmade and the opportunity this process gives for variation has been embraced, with different papers, foils and so forth.