Description
Aleister Crowley; Various
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, London, Autumn 1909. First Edition. Lacking its binding and in need of attention, but offering an opportunity to a collector who can see the potential. Pages 1-382 and 385-397 appear relatively intact, pages 383/384 are loose, pages 341-334 have a crease vertically down the centre. The following pages are included but are loose – title page, advert for what Vol No.I No.III will contain, reviews (half page missing). Also included is a fabric title spine binding. Do not be misled, this is not a fools errand, but rather a realistic re-binding project. The pages themselves are generally bright and clean. Once re-bound this will make a fabulous edition.
Contents for Equinox Vol I. No. II (included as a guide only, bare in mind condition notes above) :
- Frontpages
- Editorial
- Liber O [vel Manus et Sagittae sub Figura VI]
- The Herb Dangerous (Part II) : The Psychology of Hashish. By Oliver Haddo
- Reviews
- The Garden of Janus. By Aleister Crowley
- The Dream Circean. By Marital Nay
- The Lost Shepherd. By Victor B. Neuburg
- A Handbook of Geomancy
- The Organ in King’s Chapel, Cambridge, By G. H. S. Pinsent
- A Note on Genesis
- The Five Adorations. By Dost Achiha Khan
- Illusion D’amoureux. By Francis Bendick
- The Opium-Smoker
- Postcards to Probationers. By Aleister Crowley
- The Wild Ass. By Alys Cusack
- The Sphinx at Gizeh. By Lord Dunsany
- The Priestess of Panormita. By Elaine Carr
- The Temple of Solomon the King (Book II)
- Amongst the Mermaids. By Norman Roe
- Ave Adonai. By Aleister Crowley
- The Man-Cover. By George Raffalovich
- Stewed Prunes and Prism: The Tennyson Centenary. By A. Quiller, Jr.
- Stop Press Reviews
The Equinox (subtitle: “The Review of Scientific Illuminism”) is a series of publications in book form that serves as the official organ of the A∴A∴, a magical order founded by Aleister Crowley (although material is often of import to its sister organization, Ordo Templi Orientis). Begun in 1909, it mainly features articles about occultism and magick, while several issues also contain poetry, fiction, plays, artwork, and biographies. The last issue was published in 1998.
