Spare, Austin Osman / Crowley, Aleister [eigentlich: Edward Alexander Crowley]:
Now for Reality. The Focus of Life; The Mutterings of Aaos; written and illustrated by Austin Osman Spare. Poems by Aleister Crowley. With an introduction by Frederick Carter, and an essay by Keith Richmond. Essex House, Thame, Oxon, England, Mandrake Press Ltd. 1990. 4°. [305 x 216 mm]. With 16 illustrations by Austin Spare in the text. 78, [2] w. S. Schwarzer OLwd. mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und farbig illustriertem OUmschlag.
Harper A4.e. - First edition. Copy No. 299 of an limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies. - Now for Reality „Was the title of the frontispiece that appeared in Austin Osman Spare’s book The Focus of Life published in 1921. It was also the title of the first of a series poems which Aleister Crwoley later wrote to accompany Spare’s illustrations for the book. The present volume comprises the complete text and illustrations of The Focus of Life, re-set to incorporate the first ever publication of Aleister Crowley’s attendant poems. Now for Reality is thus a unique fusion of the artistry and occult vision of two of the twentieth century’s greatest magicians, Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Soare. Included in this volume is an introductory essay on the relationship between Spare and Crowley by Keith Richmond, a student of both men’s work“ (from dust jacket). - Umschlag minimal berieben, Vortitel mit Besitzerstempel, sonst gutes Exemplar.
Schlagworte:O.T.O. /Ordo Templi Orientis /Magie /Kunst
