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[CROWLEY, Aleister (1875-1947), contributor]. The Equinox. The Official Organ of the A.A. The Review of Scientific Illuminism. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1909-10.
4 volumes (of 10), Vol. I, Nos. I-IV, small 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, printed spine labels (labels chipped and lacking on Nos. II and III, upper cover on No. II mostly detached, some dust soiling to extremities).
FIRST EDITION of this important occultist periodical which was mostly written by Crowley, often under pseudonyms. Includes several entries pertaining to Hashish including: “The Herb Dangerous” by E. Whineray; “The Psychology of Hashish” by Oliver Haddo; “Poem of Hashish” by Baudelaire and translated by Crowley; and selections from Ludlow including “The Hasheesh Eater”. Yorke 63A. A Horowitz high spot.