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[THE SWORD OF SONG: 1904]
The Sword of Song | called by Christians
The Book of the Beast.| Aleister Crowley
Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth
| Benares | 1904.
Collation :—Post 4to, pp. ix4-194, printed in
red and black, consisting of Half-title,
parody of passage from 7hrough the Look-
ing Glass on reverse ; Title-page as above,
Dedication on reverse; Introductory poem
Nothung ; Half-title ; Prose Introduction to
‘¢ Ascension Day and Pentecost,” pp. ili-
ix; Text, pp. 1-62; Notes, pp, 63-91;
Appendices, pp. 93-127; ‘‘ N°WNID | an
essay | in | ontology | with some remarks
on | ceremonial magic,’ pp. 123-148;
‘‘Science and Buddhism,” pp. 149-192;
Epilogue in verse, pp. 193-194; Index on
last page, imprint on reverse, ‘‘ printed | by
| Philippe Renouard | 19, rue des Saints-
Péres, 19 | Paris.” Headlines throughout.
Editions: 100 copies on a glazed foreign
paper.!
Issued in navy blue wrapper front page lettered
in gold ‘‘ Ye Sword | of Song,” with design in
centre ‘'666” thrice repeated on a golden
square (vide pp. 4-5 of book), on reverse pub-
lishers’ advertisement; back of cover author's
name in Hebrew characters adding up to '' 666,”
in gold; inside of back page of cover list of
author’s works in gold; back of cover ‘‘ The
| Sword | of| Song.’’ Price ros. od.
[GOETIA: 1904]
The Book of the | Goetia | of | Solomon the
King | translated into the English Tongue bya
| Dead Hand | and | adorned with divers other
matters germane | delightful to the wise | the
whole | edited, verified, introduced and com-
mented | by | Aleister Crowley | Society for
the Propagation of Religious Truth| Boles-
kine,-Foyers, Inverness | 1904.
Collation :—Demy 4to, pp. ix+65, consisting
of Half-title, Invocation in Greek on re-
verse; Frontispiece; ‘Title-page as above,
talisman on reverse; Prefatory Note, pp.
v-vi;_Preliminary Invocation, pp. vii-ix;
Text, pp. 1-65; colophon of Chiswick
1 There were 10 advance copies issued in a crimson
wrapper repeating title-page, on back ‘' ‘The Sword
of Song” lengthwise, on back outside of cover colo-
phon Louis Seize design, initials of designer ‘* L. M.”
Press Mark on reverse of last page. No
headlines. Two illustrations besides
Frontispiece,
Edition : 200 copies on machine-made paper,
1 copy on vellum, 10 copies on Japanese
vellum.
Issued in green camel’s-hair wrapper, lettered
in red ‘‘ Goetia”’ in centre, surrounded by the
legend ‘‘ Goetia vel clavicula Salomonis Regis ”’
frequently repeated. Price 21s, od., raised from
subscription price of ros. od.
Japanese vellum copies in white and gold.
Japanese vellum turned-in wrapper, same
lettering.
[WHY JESUS WEPT: 1904]
Why | Jesus Wept | a Study of Society | and of
| The Grace of God | by | Aleister Crowley |
Privately Printed | 1904.
Collation :—Post 4to, pp. 16+ 80. Half-title; ad-
vertisement (of the 21s. edition); Title as
above ; letter from author’s mother, 2 pp. ;
Persons studied; Quotation from Z7zmes
newspaper and John xi, 35. Dedications
6 pp. to various persons (all these pages
unnumbered) ; Text, pp. 1-80; inset, a slip
‘« Note to pp. 75-76"; also, loose inset, a
pamphlet ‘* Mr. Crowley and the Creeds”’
and ‘*The Creed of Mr. Chesterton, &c.
&c."" No imprint, but printed by Philippe
Rénouard.
Edition : 100 copies on hand-made paper, 20 in
Japanese vellum; 1 on Roman vellum.
Issued in turned-in Japanese wrapper ; front,
‘‘Why | Jesus | Wept | Aleister | Crowley |”;
reverse, colophon of Press; back, ‘' Why Jesus
Wept.”
[ORACLES: THE BIOGRAPHY OF
AN ART: 1905]
Oracles | the biography of an art | unpublished
fragments of the work of Aleister Crowley
with | explanatory notes by R. P. Lester and
the Author | 1905 | Society for the Propaga-
tion of Religious Truth | Boleskine, Foyers,
Inverness,
Collation:—Demy 8vo, pp. vili+175+16 ad-
vertisements, consisting of Half-title ; Title
as above; prefatory note ‘‘ To Explain”’;
Contents, pp. vii, vill; Text, pp. 1-175;