CROWLEY, ALEISTER

crowley aleister inscription literary best crowley''s critical gained collected essay offered £100 equinox brooks signed collin works one-volume sales friendship publication critic editor raymond dated radclyffe''s lived attacked review competition prize radclyffe illustration writings fuller author city straight critics having edition ownership copy nearly white flexible buckram spine darkened ends bumped soiling covers minor foxing endpapers edges society propagation religious lagging money 1942 broadcaster euclid einstein glad restored love living praise written rare positive dark period author''s life suffered poverty daily heroin habit intended alleviate gilt-lettered gilt foyers truth bolster entry came drawn friends thought years respiratory original uncut london 1905-07 issue attempt sole captain arrow world parted earlier difficulties volumes issued