The Big Stick: Book Reviews Written By Aleister Crowley. & Slugs on Strawberries.
Crowley, Aleister (1875-1947). The Big Stick: Book Reviews Written By Aleister Crowley. Cedar Creek, Texas: 100th Monkey Press, 2015. Limited Edition of 150 Copies of which this is Copy Number 124. Acid-free, glued-up composition cover consisting of cork over custom printed end sheets bound with hemp cord in a Japanese style binding with a spine fashioned from faux leather with a bound in “stick”. Printed on 24 pound text, acid-free premium Mohawk superfine paper. 8½" x 11". 146pp. Incl. Index of Titles. Index of Authors. Laid in are a themed bookmark and bookplate.
[A compilation of over 180 book reviews written by Aleister Crowley and published in The Equinox, The International, and other periodicals of the time. Crowley began the practice of publishing book reviews in September 1909 with Volume I, No. 2 of The Equinox and continued for the next 8 issues finally ending in September 1913. His review column in The Equinox eventually came to be called “The Big Stick”. The reviews published in The Equinox were, for the most part, written by Crowley, but also featured such luminaries as J.F.C. Fuller, Victor B. Neuburg, et al. Although he would occasionally sign a review with his own name or initials, Crowley typically chose instead to use a multitude of aliases. When he traveled to America he continued the practice of publishing book reviews from September 1915 through February 1918 as editor of The International. When he revived The Equinox in March 1919 with Volume III, No. 1, reviews were again included. The subject matter of the books he reviewed ranged anywhere from poetry to politics, from the spiritual to the mundane, and from science to the occult. Crowley apparently was more than happy to put forth his literary and philosophical opinions about most any subject that came to his attention. Those whom Crowley found unworthy, such as A. E. Waite, often found themselves on the receiving end of a scathing review. Although he attacked Waite in general and his occult publications in particular, he praised Waite’s books of poetry.]
Crowley, Aleister (1875-1947). Slugs on Strawberries. Cedar Creek, Texas: 100th Monkey Press, 2015. Complimentary copy included with The Big Stick: Book Reviews Written By Aleister Crowley. Cedar Creek, Texas: 100th Monkey Press, 2015. Limited Edition of 150 Copies of which this is Copy Number 124. Hand-bound chapbook. 4⅛" x 5½". 12 unnumbered pages.
[A compilation of excerpts from reviews of Aleister Crowley‘s works. These were personally selected by Mr. Crowley and published as an introduction to a catalogue of his works included in the 1903 edition of The Star and the Garter.]
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