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The Commentaries of AL. Being The Equinox, Volume 5, Number 1
by CROWLEY, Aleister and Marcelo MOTTA
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Samuel Weiser, Inc, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. New York, Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1975 (first edition). Large octavo, [xiv], 290, 65 ('the facsimile of the original handwritten manuscript of Liber AL'), 26 (index) pages with 2 full-page colour illustrations. Gilt-decorated red cloth slightly rubbed at the extremities; a near-fine copy with the dustwrapper a little sunned, marked and chipped (these minor blemishes are confined mainly to the spine). This book 'introduces a new series of "The Equinox" ... released under the auspices of Marcelo Motta, the current Praemonstrator ... It is the first book to bear the Imprimatur of the Order since the publication of Liber Aleph in 1962' (dustwrapper blurb).
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123219
- Title
- The Commentaries of AL. Being The Equinox, Volume 5, Number 1
- Author
- CROWLEY, Aleister and Marcelo MOTTA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Samuel Weiser, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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