Magick in Theory and Practice
Paris: Printed at The Lecram Press, 1929 [1930]. 25.7x20cm: xxxiv, 436pp. Subscriber's Edition, Published for Subscribers Only. First Hardbound Edition. Maroon cloth-covered (buckram) boards with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge of textblock gilt. Includes several tables and illustrations in the Appendix. Boards slightly splayed, with light wear along edges and brief exposure at lower front corner. Fading to about the top 4.5cm of spine, along with a touch of fading at bottom of spine. Textblock edges lightly soiled. Hinges tender. Free endpapers toned. Two contemporary ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper. In the scarce, unrestored dust jacket, with a few areas of loss, including about 11cm along top edge of front panel, about 4cm along bottom edge of front panel, and about 4.5cm at the top of spine. Spine a tad faded and soiled, and edges with some wear and fading. Internally clean. Better than Very Good in a Good dust jacket, scarce in any condition.
There seems to be several variants of the Subscriber’s Edition, and while priority is difficult to establish, or perhaps not exist, this copy in the buckram appears to be the First State of the Subscriber’s Edition. Cornelius explains that the difference may “reflect the consequence of Crowley’s practice of binding in batches.”
Crowley’s highly influential work where he presents magick as a disciplined, scientific method for harnessing the “will” to achieve transformation. Crowley outlines both the philosophy and the practical techniques he believed could align the practitioner with their true purpose.
Price: $2,750.00
Item #10586