The Equinox of the Gods

Upper cover stamped in a duller gilt and in mixed fonts in smaller sizes than the original edition ‘THE | EQUINOX | [seal of the A\A\ | OF THE | GODS’.¹

Spine stamped in gilt vertically down the spine ‘THE [eye of horus in a rayed triangle] | Equinox| [then horizontally across the spine] OF THE | [then vertically down the spine] GODS [dove descending]’.¹

Publisher:

Printer:

Western Printing Services, Ltd., Bristol.¹

Published At:

London / California.¹

Date:

1936 / circa 1942.¹

Edition:

Pages:

vi + 137 + 1 unnumbered page.

Price:

Remarks:

Circa 1942, and probably earlier, an unknown number of sets of unbound sheets were sent to Wilfred Talbot Smith in the U.S.. Binding of the sheets was done locally in the style of the original 1936 edition.¹

Has errata slip with 17 items.¹

Pagination:

Page(s)
[ α]	Illustration
[ β]	Paraphrase of stele’s inscription
[ δ]	Paraphrase of stele’s hieroglyphs
[ γ]	Illustration
[ iii]	Title-page
[ iv]	O.T.O. notice
[ v]	Contents
[ vi]	Illustration
[1-11]	Prefatory material
[ 12]	Blank
[ 13]	Ornamental fly-title
[ 14]	O.T.O. notice
[15-137]	Text
[138]	Illustration

Contents:

- The Summons

- A Summary

- Liber Al vel LEGIS

- Genesis Libri Al

Illustrations:

- The Stélé of Revealing

- Four Horoscopes

- First Sketch of a Quabalistic Key to Liber AL

Author’s

Working

Versions:

Aleister Crowley’s printer’s mock-up, with notes and corrections in his hand. Contains galley proofs of the text of the book and 1st proofs of the facsimile manuscript of The Book of the Law. Pages: 80 + 65 facsimiles in pocket on back cover. 27cm. London, BM/JPKH. 1936. Warburg Institute Collection.

Other

Known

Editions:

+	O.T.O., London, 1936 (subscriber's edition).
+	O.T.O., London, 1936.
+	O.T.O., London, 1937.
+	O.T.O., New Jersey, Circa 1955.
+	O.T.O., California, Circa 1987.

Bibliographic

Sources:

1.	J. Edward Cornelius, The Aleister Crowley Desk Reference, The Teitan Press, York Beach, Maine, 2013, pp. 112-115.

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