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The Last Ritual. Read From His Own Works, According To His Wish, on December 5th, 1947, at Brighton.

Upper Cover

Lower Cover

Interior Cover

Upper Cover

(proof copy)

Lower Cover

(proof copy)

Interior Cover

(proof copy)

Title Page

Frontispiece

Hymn to Pan

(continued)

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Print

Variations:

Bound in stapled³ light green wrappers.¹

Upper cover lettered in black ‘[woodcut design by Lady Frieda Harris | ALEISTER | CROWLEY | October 18th, 1875 - December 1st, 1947’.³

9 13/16” x 7 1/8”.³

Publisher:

Privately published.

Printer:

Published At:

Brighton, England.¹

Date:

Early December 1947.¹

Edition:

1st Edition.

Pages:

12.¹

Price:

A contribution of one dollar per copy was requested to help defray printing costs.⁴

Remarks:

The cover has Aleister Crowley's date of birth shown incorrectly as 18 October 1895. His correct date of birth is 12 October.

The frontispiece and the woodcut designs on the front and rear covers were executed by Lady Frieda Harris.¹

Variants of this edition, said to be proof or advance copies, are found bound in light blue wrappers.²

Pagination:

Contents:

- Hymn to Pan

- Excerpts from the Book of the Law

- Collects of the Gnostic Mass

- The Gnostic Anthem

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Working

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Bibliographic

Sources:

1.	Weiser Antiquarian Books, Catalog # 134, “Aleister Crowley. Used and Rare Books and Ephemera.”
2.	Weiser Antiquarian Books, Catalog # 7, “Aleister Crowley & Your Interest in Magick.”
3.	Personal observation of the item.
4.	Richard Kaczynski, Ph.D., Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California, 2010, p. 554.

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