1st thus 1990 108pp Temple Press Limited. Some spotting to top of text block, previous owners name on first page else VG+ in VG+ dustwrapper.
 
Includes an A5 4pp illustrated flyer for this title (along with The Correct Sadist) printed on glossy paper.
 
A collection of four short stories by the Master Therion. More widely known for his occult works, Crowley was also an accomplished essayist and novelist. This collection was originally published in 1929 by the famous Mandrake Press. This new edition contains an additional, previously unpublished story as well as a new foreword. The stories are The Stratagem, The Testament of Magdalen Blair (considered by the novelist and editor Frank Harris - one of the best friends of Oscar Wilde - the most terrifying tale ever written), His Secret Sin and Which Things are an Allegory (previously unpublished).