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234 NOTES as above; Text, pp. 119-126. Headlines throughout. No imprint. Edition: 5 copies, on smooth purplish paper. Issued in blue paper wrapper, repeating title- page. [JEPHTHAH AND OTHER MYSTERIES: 1899] Jephthah | and other mysteries | lyrical and dramatic | by Aleister Crowley | London: Kegan Paul, Trench, | Triibner and Company, Ltd. | 1899 | ad/ rights reserved. Collation:—Demy 8vo, pp. xxli+223, con- sisting of Half-title, quotation on reverse from // Penseroso; Title-page as above, quotation on reverse from SAPPHO; Quo- tation from The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage ; on reverse ‘* The dedication | is to | Algernon Charles Swin- burne"; Dedication in verse, pp. vii-xil; Contents, pp. xiii-xiv; Prelude, xv—xxi; second Half-title, ‘‘Jephthah, | a tra- gedy,” on reverse quotation from Hamlet ; second Dedication, ‘‘To | Gerald -Kelly, | poet and painter, | I dedicate | this tragedy"; dated ‘‘ Cambridge, No- vember, 1898." Text, pp. 5-221; Epi- logue, pp. 222-223. On reverse, imprint ‘Chiswick Press :—Charles Whittingham and Co.| Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London,” surmounted by colophon, upon a mound, a lion rampant, grasping an anchor entwined with a dolphin, the flukes and head in base. Advertisements at end of book, pp. 8. Headlines throughout. Editions ; 1000 copies on machine-made paper, 6 copies on India paper. Issued in brick-red boards, linen backs, white paper label, ‘‘ Crowley | Jephthah | & other | mysteries | lyrical & | dramatic | Kegan Paul, | Trench | Triibner & | Co, Ltd. | 1899| Price 7s. 6d." The six India-paper copies issued in old gold coloured buckram, lettered on cover ‘‘ Jephthah”’ in red. [SONGS OF THE SPIRIT: 1898] Songs of the Spirit | by | Aleister Crowley | ‘*Sublimi feriam sidera vertice” Hor. | London | Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner & Co. | MDCCCXCVIII. Collation :—Pott 8vo, pp. X4+- 109. Half-title ; on reverse, quotation from The Tale of Archais ; Titlein red and black as above ; reverse, quotation from Zcclesiastes,‘‘ afool also is full of words,” p. iv. Dedication in verse to J. L. B.,1 pp. v-vii. Contents, pp. ix-x; Second Half-title; Text, pp. 3- 104; Epilogue, pp. 105-109. Imprint on last page, ‘‘Chiswick Press :—Charles Whit- tingham and Co. | Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London ” ; surmounted by colophon. No headlines, Edition: 1 copy on vellum, 50 copies on hand-made paper numbered and signed,? joo copies on machine-made paper. Issued in Japanese vellum with gold letter- ing on front of cover ‘‘Songs of the Spirit” for copies printed on hand-made paper; and in grey cloth boards, lettered on back ‘‘ Songs | of the | Spirit | Aleister Crowley | 1898"’ in crimson for those printed on machine-made paper. Priced 3s. 6d. [THE POEM: 1898] The Poem | a little drama in four scenes | by | Aleister Crowley | printed privately | London | 1898. Collation:—Demy 8vo, cut edges, pp. 20, pagination 99-118*; consisting of Half- title, ‘‘ The Poem. | a little drama in four scenes"; Dedication, p. ror; Text, pp. 103-117. Headlines throughout. Noim- print. Edition: 10 copies on smoot’: paper. Issued in Japanese vellum wrapper repeat- ing title-page. [JEZEBEL: 1898] Jezebel | and other | Tragic Poems | By Count Vladimir Svareff | Edited, with an Introduction and Epilogue, by | Aleister Crowley | Vignette of Armorial Design of Chiswick Press | London | Privately printed at the Chiswick Press | 1898. Collation:—Demy 4to, pp. 23, with 8 un- numbered preliminary pages printed from the Caxton fount of antique type; Half- title; Title as above, ‘‘Jezebel” and ‘‘London” in red; Dedication in verse dated, ‘‘ Londres, Juin 1898,"’ in French, 1 J, L. Baker, the alchymist. 2 Carelessly done or not done at all.
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