CROWLEY, Aleister. The Book of the Law. Technically called Liber al vel Legis sub figura CCXX as delivered by XCII=418 to DCLXVI. 16mo. Privately issued by the O.T.O. 1938
A little spotted, final ads & order form intact. Stapled in orig. buff printed wrappers; staples rusted, wrappers a little browned & marked. 50pp.
¶Previously issued in 1909 in volume III of a collection of the holy books of Thelema, in 1913 in Equinox Magazine, and in an edition of 11 in 1911. 250 copies of this one-shilling edition were printed. Three copies only on Copac; OCLC adds eight further copies. It has only appeared at auction twice since publication, most recently in 1976. Allegedly dictated to Crowley by the spirit Aiwass, and featuring his most famous utterance, 'There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt'.
Stock #93956
£1500
46, Great Russell Street - (opp. British Museum) - Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3PA
