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Price: US$185.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: CORRECTED, RE-SET & LIMITED EDITION, 1 of 1000 copies: out of sequence, unnumbered. Large 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 118. White leatherette boards, spine lettered in black, facsimile of Crowley's signature (with the phallic 'A') to upper board. Edges and endpapers black. Slight bend and horizontal creasing to boards, gently darkened towards edges, a few spots. Gently toned, occasional scant spotting. Else, clean and tidy. In the original illustrated monochrome dust jacket: spine darkened towards tail, nick to bottom of front joint, light wear to corners, laminate wrinkled at back panel. Nevertheless, a nice copy of Crowley's uncommon "light erotic verse" collection. Very good/ very good The first edition was privately and anonymously published by Leonard Smithers in 1898, Crowley's final year at Trinity College, Cambridge. Its subtitle ran: "The literary remains of George Archibald Bishop a neuropath of the second empire." The majority of the 100 copies were destroyed by HM Customs in 1924.
Seller: Quair Books PBFA, Leeds, United Kingdom
Crowley, Aleister (edited by John Symonds). White Stains. Duckworth, London, 1973.
Price: US$205.23 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Pp xv, 118. Original boards. Unclipped d/w. No.754/1000 copies.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Price: US$205.23 + shipping
Description: Privately printed. Limited Edition. Publisher's original white vinyl boards with black titling to the spine and front panel, with Humphrey Stone illustrated dustwrapper. All edges black. A better than very good copy, the binding tight and square, with some toning around the panel edges. The contents, with some occasional light spotting, are otherwise clean and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, that is a little toned to the flaps. Not price clipped (£7.00 net) A collection of verse that was originally privately and anonymously printed in 1898 in an edition of 100 copies, most of which were destroyed in 1924 by H.M. Customs. Republished in this reset limited edition of 1000 copies with an introduction by John Symonds, Crowley's literary executor and biographer. This example is number 291. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Crowley, Aleister. WHITE STAINS. Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, United Kingdom, 1973.
Price: US$250.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Literary Remains of George Archibald Bishop, A Neuropath of the Second Empire. The original publication of this collection of erotic verse was mostly destroyed by H.M. Customs in 1924. Edited and with and introduction by John Symonds. Limited & Numbered Edition (No 341 of 1000 copies). Corrected & Reset Edition. Nicely bound in white with black lettering of Crowley's infamous 'phallic A' signature & illustrated black dw. First Thus. Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, London 1973. xvi + 118pp hb dw creased, tiny tear to pre-title, vg
Seller: Occultique, Northampton, United Kingdom
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., 1973. "1000 copies of this [Hand] numbered Limited Edition have been printed". Book shows some light age, small bump to front panel with light wear (see scan), still Fine in DJ with light age (see scan). First Edition Limited/Hand Numbered. Hard Cover, Leatherette, Sewn. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 8½" tall.
Seller: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, U.S.A.
Crowley, Aleister and Symonds, John. White Stains. DUCKWORTH, LONDON, 1973.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: 1000 Copies of this numbered Limited edition have been printed This copy is number 636. General wear and rubbed cover. Tight binding.No Bookplate No markingsBlack gilt on cover and spine. DATE PUBLISHED: 1973 EDITION: 118
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.