The King of the Shadow Realm

SYMONDS, John

Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1989

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JOHN SYMONDS HOLOGRAPH COPY ON THE LIFE OF CROWLEY SYMONDS, John. The King of the Shadow Realm London, Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1989. £13500 8vo, pp. x [ii] 558. Paperback, worn. Copy with author s revisions of The King of the Shadow Realm , to be retitled The Beast 666 (1996). Symonds pen notes, corrections and typed paste-ins found extensively throughout. A magnificent Solander box, sumptuously bound in full red morocco gilt with a stylised portrait of Crowley and his inimitable signature on the front cover. Gilt spine in 5 compartments with raised bands, stamped title and the unicursal hexagram, one of the important symbols in Thelema, probably derived from Blaise Pascal s Hexagrammum Mystichum. Symonds own corrected copy for the fourth edition of his biography of Aleister Crowley, to be entitled The Beast 666 . The first and second editions (1951 and 1971) had been called The Great Beast , while the third (1989) was titled The King of the Shadow Realm . The work was described by Colin Wilson as a kind of appalling classic , as it illustrated Crowley s absolute depravity. Seller Inventory # ABE-1525189340445

Bibliographic Details

Title: The King of the Shadow Realm

Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)