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Raffalovich, George.
(HOLD) The History of a Soul: An Attempt at Psychology.
Publisher: The Equinox, London;
Date of Publication: 1910
Stock Code: 15540
First edition of 1000 copies only, of which this is numbered 61. Octavo, pp., [vi], 296, [2] of publisher’s advertisements. Publisher’s olive green cloth; titled in gilt to spine and upper board; white end-papers. Blind stamp of the Theosophical Society Library, Edinburgh to front free end-paper and title-page; library stickers to foot of spine. Adhesive to foot of spine; white scuffs to upper board; shelf-wear to extremities. A good copy. A novel published by Aleister Crowley’s Equinox press, written by Crowley’s friend, George Raffalovich (b. 1880). Raffalovich secured his friendship with Crowley after the Great Beast bailed him out following the disastrous purchase of a travelling circus. Raffalovich’s earliest works of fiction, published following his rapid acquisition of English in 1908, were all supported or published by Crowley. £300.00