CROWLEY, Aleister.
The Rites of Eleusis.
The Rites of Eleusis.
Stock Code 109860
Thame, Mandrake Press Ltd, 1990.
copy number 2 - signed by the contributors
The Rites of Eleusis were a series of seven public invocations performed by Aleister Crowley and Leila Waddell at Caxton Hall in 1910, comprising The Rite of 'Saturn,' 'Jupiter,' 'Mars,' 'Sol,' 'Venus,' 'Mercury' and 'Luna'. This volume contains the first complete text of the seven rites as they were performed, together with an introduction by Keith Richmond, explanatory essays by Terence DuQuesne, and additional illustrations by Dwina Murphy-Gibb.Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is number 2, signed by Richmond, DuQuesne and Murphy-Gibb on the front pastedown.
Limited edition, number 2 of 1000 copies, signed by the contributors; small folio (30.5 x 21.5 cm); numerous black and white illustrations by Dwina Murphy-Gibb, including frontispiece, internally fine; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the pictorial dust-jacket; a fine copy.
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