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Empress Earth Mysteries Press, 1989. Facsimile edition. Staple bound 10 page booklet in card cover. Features a beautiful airfixed print by Frieda Harris on the front inside cover. The Last Ritual, read from his own works, according to his wishes, on December 5th, 1947, in Brighton. "Alas the Master; so he sinks in death. But whoso knows the mystery of man sees life and death as curves of one same plan". Introduction by Paul and Charles Devereux. This presentation of The Last Ritual is the only one to be produced from the original printed material since the first edition, making it the only true second edition
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Aleister Crowley, October 18th, 1875 - December 1st, 1947, The Last Ritual, Read from His Own Works, According to His Wish, on December 5th, 1947, at Brighton
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United Kingdom
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Facsimile edition. 12pp booklet in light card covers, printed and illustrated. Tipped in frontispiece. Slim 4to. Card covers have a little edge wear, especially along fore edge, faded around margins with a few mild crinkles on reverse. Internally the pages have a few creases around edges else generally neat, clean, bright and tight. Aleister Crowley was a British mystic, writer, poet and occultist, nicknamed 'The Wickedest Man in the World'. A booklet was issued to mourners at his cremation in Brighton in December 1947, according to his instructions. This facsimile edition was printed using the original printing plates which were rediscovered in 1988 - as such, as claimed in the introduction 'it is the only one to be produced from the original printing materials.and so in a sense is the only true second edition'. Scarce item. Seller Inventory # 024996