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[CROWLEY, Aleister] The International Magazine Excerpts (Stellar Visions, 1986)
[CROWLEY, Aleister] The International Magazine Excerpts (Stellar Visions, 1986)
San Francisco: Stellar Visions, [1986]. First edition thus. San Francisco, CA: Stellar Visions, 1986. First Edition Thus. Large format softcover. Quarto ( 8.5 x 11 inches), 176 pp. with b/w ills. Flexible clear plastic front cover over printed paper cover sheet, dark blue plastic rear cover, secured together with a black plastic back strip. Hand-colored endsheet at front of volume. Cover sheet shows some discoloration along left side. The plastic back strip is separating at the top (see photo). Otherwise a very good or better copy.
This work contains facsimiles of a collection of Crowley's writings that were published in the International magazine in New York during the First World War. Crowley became contributing editor of the journal, and his pieces include essays on politics, world affairs and magick, as well as poetry, reviews, etc. The page following the title page has a series of quotes from the Grady McMurtry versus the Marcelo Motta court case of 1985, whilst the final leaf has a statement about the O.T.O. on the recto.
This copy is from the collection of Thelemic author Robert C. Stein (1931 – 2024), who wrote "The Mystery of the Letters and The Tree of Life" and other works. Stein was a Professor Emeritus of Biology in the New York State University System, whose involvement in the study and practice of Thelema spanned three decades and travels in five continents.