[CROWLEY

[CROWLEY, ALEISTER]THE MAGICAL RECORD OF THE BEAST 666 * THE DIARIES OF ALEISTER CROWLEY...EDITED BY JOHN SYMONDSAND KENNETH GRANTLondon, Duckworth, 1972. First edition, large 8vo, red cloth with original dust wrapper (price clipped) a very good copy, minor chipping to extremities of wrapper with short tear to the back. The first publication of Crowley's diary which he called a "Magical Record", because it contained accounts of his magical experiments including details of his "secret sexual magick" [sic] and of his consumption of a variety of drugs