Collected Works (Vol. III)

APPENDIX A NOTES TOWARDS AN OUTLINE OF A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF ALEISTER CROWLEY* EDITIONES PRINCIPES (I) [ACELDAMA: 1898] Aceldama, | a Place to Bury Strangers in. | a philosophical poem | by | a gentleman of the University of Cambridge. | privately printed. | London: | 1898. Collation:—Crown 8vo, pp. 29, consisting of Half-title, quotation on reverse from ‘Songs of the Spirit,” p. 13, ll. 1-4; Title-page as above, quotation on reverse St. John xii. 24, 25; prose Prologue, quo- tation on reverse Acts i. 18, 19; Dedica- tion dated ‘‘ Midnight, 1897-1898,” on reverse ‘‘d oz” ; second half-title, quotation on reverse from Swinburne’s ‘‘ The Leper”; ‘*Poems and Ballads,” 1866, pp. I-10; Text, pp. 11-27; no headline; Epilogue p. 28; po imprint, but printed by an obscure printer in the Brompton-road, London. Edition: 2 copies on vellum, numbered 1, 2 ;! 10 copies on Japanese vellum, numbered 3-12; 88 copies on hand-made paper, numbered 13-100. Issued in Japanese vellum turned-in wrapper repeating title-page. [THE TALE OF ARCHAIS: 1898] The | Tale of Archais | a Romance in Verse | by a Gentleman of the University | of Cam- 1 These large-paper copies measure 7} X 10, printed on thick vellum, wrapper of Japanese vellum. 2 These large-paper copies measure 7} X10, on thick Japanese vellum, wrapper of thin Japanese vellum. bridge | London | Kegan Paul, Trencn, Triib- ner & Co. | MDCCCXCVIII. Collation: —Pott 4to, pp. vili+8g, consisting of Half-title, Title-page in red and black as above (with imprint: ‘‘ Chiswick Press: —Charles Whittingham & Co. | Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London.” on re- verse), pp. ili-iv.; Dedication ‘‘ To | The White Maidens of England | this Tale of Greece | is | dedicated” (with blank re- verse), pp. V-vi; continued in verse, pp. vii-vill.; Prologue in verse, pp. 1-5; second Half-title, p. 7; Text, pp. 8-84; Epilogue, pp. 85-89. There are headlines throughout, The imprint — ‘t Chiswick Press :—Charles Whittingham and Co. | Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London.”— is repeated at the foot of the last page. Edition: 2 copies on Roman vellum, 250 on hand-made paper. Issued in slate-blue, dull-green, and _brick- red boards with white holland backs, and white paper back label. The published price was five shillings, [THE HONOURABLE ADUL- TERERS: 1899] The | Honourable Adulterers | a tragedy | by | A. E. C. | 1899. Collation :—Demy 8vo, cut edges, pp. 8, pagi- nation from 119-126,! consisting of Title 1 The pagination is accounted for by the fact that these three pamphlets were printed off from the paged type of Jephthah and Other Mysteries, then in the press, and issued separately. * For the bulk of these notes we are indebted to the late Mr. L. C. R. Duncumbe-Jc well. 233