Wilson Robert Anton Foreword (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. 0349137315. Softcover, 320 pages, illustrated. Front endpaper removed, creasing on cover and sellotape repair to spine. Endpapers and page edges tanned, stained and spotting. Reading copy. John Thompson (illustrator). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Phoenix, Arizona: Falcon Press, 1987. FIRST PRINTING - Appears Unread, some age, wrap wear, still, approaching Fine (see scan). First Edition/First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo size - over 8¼" tall.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good stiff glossy paper wraps; light rubbing along edges. Contents clean and unmarked. 289pp. Slight warp to whole book. John Thompson (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition; full numberline beginning w/1. Fine dark blue boards, maroon cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear. Dark violet endpages. Pages near fine; no writing. Attractively toned. Dust wrapper near fine, moderate toning; unclipped 22.50, protected in new clear sleeve. Very attractive. Near fine first edition in same wrapper. Robert Anton Wilson and Genesis P-Orridge provide forewords to this collection of pieces such as: To Mega Therion - Chapters include, "De Arte Magica", "Liber AL vel Legis, or The Book of the Law", Selections from, "The Book of Lies", "The Principles of Ritual", et al. The unity and brilliance of poet and author Aleister Crowley's vision is illuminated as never before in Portable Darkness, the first anthology of the renowned occultist's work. Editor, Michaelsen, is the first to tackle the formidable task of collecting the best of Crowley's voluminous lifework (many of which are out of print). The Book of Lies, Magick and Lies, Hymn to Pan, Sex and Sex Magick, Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni, The Book of the Law, Magick and the Law, Trance, Yoga, etc. List of recommended titles from popular and magical culture, fiction and non-fiction, at back. 339 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tassone, Richard (Jacket Design) (illustrator). Book.…

First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's decorated card wraps. [xiii]; 165pp. A little light wear to the edges of the card wraps, and a small crease to the front panel; internally clean and fresh. A very good copy. An unsurprisingly bizarre and challenging work from Wilson, in the form of a dramatized trial taking place in the afterlife and featuring Marilyn Monroe, The Marquis de Sade, Satan, Wilhelm Reich, and the Baron von Sacher-Masoch. Ronald Reagan is called as a witness, Reich is declared insane by the American Medical Association represented by an aggressive punk band. There's a lot happening. The play, perhaps a little surprisingly, was performed at the Edmund Burke Theatre in Dublin in 1985, and has been staged subsequently in a number of countries. It reads rather like a cross between "The Devil and Daniel Webster", and Nicolas Roeg's "Insignificance" but performed by the characters from Scooby Doo. Of all the investigative thinkers and alt-rational psychonauts that survived into the 1980's, Wilson is probably one of the most fearless, and certainly one of the most enduring dissonant voices from the period.…