The Cefalu Diaries, 1920-1923. With Commentary by Aleister Crowley. Compiled and introduced by Dr David Shoemaker

[CROWLEY, Aleister] WOLFE, Jane

Verlag: The College of Thelema of Northern California, Sacramento, 2008

Beschreibung

Sacramento, The College of Thelema of Northern California, August 2008 (first edition). Quarto, [vi], [8], 6-171+ (typescript manuscript), [12], 9, [1] (publisher's advertisement) pages with a few illustrations. Full black leather (lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover) slightly marked; an excellent copy (internally fine). Number 21 of only 31 copies of the deluxe edition, signed by David Shoemaker. Much of this work comprises a facsimile of Wolfe's typescript of her handwritten diary entries, with Crowley's annotations. 'The diaries collected here represent the bulk of the surviving material from Wolfe's Cefalu period [where she studied at the Abbey of Thelema in Cefalu, Sicily with Crowley] . many of the diaries were lost in the years after Wolfe left Sicily. However, she later attempted to reconstruct some of the lost periods, and we have included these summaries here' (introduction). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 120145

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Titel: The Cefalu Diaries, 1920-1923. With ...

Verlag: The College of Thelema of Northern California, Sacramento

Erscheinungsdatum: 2008

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition.