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The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aaos, featuring the Original Conceptual Folio
by Spare, Austin Osman; edited by Frederick Carter with an introduction by Francis Marsden
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
London: Fulgur Limited, 2012. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Tall quarto. Limited to 600- standard copies bound in brown cloth, with original dust jacket. Illustrated in b&w and color. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The recent discovery of Spare's original Conceptual Folio for the book, once owned by the respected writer E.M. Forster, has revealed an unseen series of powerful magico-erotic drawings - termed by Spare 'blasphemous Ideographs' - that provide an important key to understanding the 'secret ritual of Self-Love' that underlies this evocative and deeply personal work. This new edition features a high quality facsimile of the first edition from 1921 plus a full color facsimile of the Conceptual Folio. Designed, edited and compiled by Robert Ansell.
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- Richard Bishop, Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6116
- Title
- The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aaos, featuring the Original Conceptual Folio
- Author
- Spare, Austin Osman; edited by Frederick Carter with an introduction by Francis Marsden
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fulgur Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2012
- Bookseller catalogs
- Occult & Esoterica;
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Richard Bishop, Bookseller
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