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Collected Works (Vol. III)
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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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