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AL, Liber Legis.
The Book of the Law, sub figura XXXI. |
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11 copies printed.1
Small 8vo handmade paper quire + half-quire insert, 16.8
x 13.7 cm, issued folded and uncut. Rubricated
type and fleurons, Greek, Hebrew and signatures in
holograph.1
With a facsimile of the MS. of Liber Legis as 65
sheets of photographic paper, 16.3 x 12.8 cm, printed
one side at 59% of original size.1
All contained in a
box of red leather over board with lid, 17.8 x 15.5 x
20.1 cm.1
The title leaf is printed in red and black.2
AL | Liber Legis | The Book of the Law | sub figura XXXI
: as delivered by | 93
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עיוז
— 418 | to | Ankh-af-na-khonsu | the Priest of the
Princes | who is |
תריון
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Το Μεγα Θηοιου
| 666 |
Now issued privately after 22 years of preparation to
eleven persons | Anno 02 Sol in 18°
32' 45'' Aries | Luna in 7°
16' 55'' Pisces | From the Lair of the Lion.1 |
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Publisher: |
Privately
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Published At: |
Tunis.1 |
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Date: |
9 April 1926.3 |
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Edition: |
1st
Edition. |
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Pages: |
11 pages +
blank endpage + 65 sheets unbound.1 |
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Price: |
The first
eight copies were presented to acquaintances of Crowley. The
remaining four copies were offered for sale at the following
prices:2
Copy 9 priced at £93.
Copy 10 priced at $418 (U.S. dollars).
Copy 11 priced at Rm2542 (German Reichsmarks). This copy
was either presented to or purchased by
Gerald Yorke.2 |
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Remarks: |
The following eight people,
as stated on the limitation page, were presented copies by Crowley:2
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Copy 1 |
Presented to 777-418 (Charles Stansfeld Jones
‘Frater Achad’). |
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Copy 2 |
Presented to 156: 31-666-31: 667 (Leah Hirsig).
In a 22 August 1927 letter Leah Hirsig returned her copy to Crowley with the following
reply: “I therefore return Copy No. 2 of your Book,
signifying thereby that I revoke all my recognition of you
heretofore as Beast, or Priest of the Princes, or as having any
authority whatsoever in respect of the Law of Thelema.”3 |
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Copy 3 |
Presented
to Saturnus (Karl Germer). |
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Copy 4 |
Presented
to 516 (Jane Wolfe). |
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Copy 5 |
Presented
to Ich Will: O.G. (Otto Gebhardi). |
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Copy 6 |
Presented
to 666. Crowley's personal copy. This copy was
still in Crowley's possession when he passed away at
Netherwood.4 |
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Copy 7 |
Presented
to 666-14 (Dorothy Olsen). |
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Copy 8 |
Presented
to
ΘΣα
(Dorothea Walker). |
In Chicago, in 1931, Cecil Frederick Russell issued photographic
reproductions from copy number 7 belonging to Dorothy Olsen.2
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Pagination: |
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Contents: |
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Author’s
Working
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1. |
Typescript with corrections in the hand of Aleister
Crowley. Pages: 4.
Warburg Institute Collection. |
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2. |
Bound page proofs of a facsimile edition of Crowley’s
manuscript of the text, with printed version at the foot
of each leaf. Has pencil flyleaf annotation by Gerald
Yorke. Pages: 237-301, facsimiles. 26 cm. London.
19—.
Warburg Institute Collection. |
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3. |
Copy of holograph manuscript. Pages: 65. Box 2,
Folders 8-9.
Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX. |
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Page proofs with revisions in the hand of Aleister
Crowley. Pages: 35. Dated: 1909. Box 2, Folders
8-9.
Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX. |
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Other
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Bibliographic
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1. |
Crowley, Aleister, The Book of the Law / Liber Al vel
Legis, Red Wheel/Weiser. LLC, Boston, MA, 2004, p.
153. |
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2. |
d'Arch
Smith, Timothy, The Books of the Beast, Mandrake,
Oxford, 1991, p. 18. |
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3. |
Kaczynski, Richard, Perdurabo: The Life of
Aleister Crowley, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley,
California, 2010, p. 425. |
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4. |
Kenneth Grant, Remembering Aleister Crowley,
Skoob Books Publishing, London, 1991, p.54. |
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by
Aleister
Crowley: |
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