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Symonds, John.
The King of the Shadow Realm.
Publisher: Duckworth, London;
Date of Publication: 1989
Stock Code: 12684
First Edition. Octavo, pp. xi, [1], 588. Bound in the publisher’s crimson cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the publisher’s unclipped, bright yellow, pictorial dust-jacket. Ex library copy with minimal markings. Cloth clean, contents firm and secure, lightly soiled to text-block edges. Dust-jacket unclipped, vibrant with light creasing to edges and small nick to one corner. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dust-jacket. The first full biography of “The Great Beast” Aleister Crowley, written by his literary executor, using previously unpublished diaries and letters. Heavyweight, so an additional postage contribution may be requested for shipping to overseas addresses. £40.00