The Commentaries of AL. 1975 First Edition

Aleister Crowley and Marcelo Ramos Motta The Commentaries of AL Publisher: New York: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1975. [9.5 x 6.5 inches] 288 pp. plus facsimile leaves and index. [English] Condition: Very Good A first edition of one of the more influential posthumous Crowley publications, presenting Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law) together with Crowley's commentaries as compiled and edited by Marcelo Ramos Motta. Issued as The Equinox Volume V, Number 1, the work includes reproductions of manuscript material, commentary, and reference matter related to Crowley's central Thelemic text. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth with gilt spine titles. Retains the original Samuel Weiser bookseller label to the rear pastedown and includes the original publisher's promotional insert advertising O.T.O. publications and related titles. Several pages bear an early pentagram handstamp. This copy is in Very Good condition with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the corners. A few scattered splatter marks to the boards along with light smudging from handling. Red ink marking present to the fore-edge. Internally clean and sound with no major defects noted.…