Moonchild: a Prologue
by Crowley, Aleister
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-181: Mandrake. Good. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The Mandrake Press, London, 1929. 335 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in green textured cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Offsetting present to the FFEP. Previous owner's bookplate removed from the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first edition of Crowley's famous second novel which tells the tale of a young woman caught up in a battle between two magicians, one of whom seeks to use her body as the vessel for the 'birth' in human form of a non-human entity: "the Moonchild" of the title. An extraordinary novel by the mysterious author of 'Diary of a Drug Fiend'. E-181; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64878
- Title
- Moonchild: a Prologue
- Author
- Crowley, Aleister
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Mandrake
- Place of Publication
- E-181
- Date Published
- 1929
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....