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London: Askin Publishers, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Askin Publishers, 1976/ 1921. Quarto, [xii], 44 pages plus 11 plates. Papered boards; a minor production flaw affects two early leaves, resulting in a small hole in one blank margin and a similar surface abrasion on the next one; edges and rear endpaper very slightly foxed; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly bumped and rubbed, with a short tear to the head of the rear hinge. Number 407 of 500 copies.
The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aaos: written and illustrated by Austin Osman Spare [Signed] by Austin Osman Spare; Francis Marsden [intro.] - 1921
by Austin Osman Spare; Francis Marsden [intro.]
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The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aaos: written and illustrated by Austin Osman Spare [Signed]
by Austin Osman Spare; Francis Marsden [intro.]
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London: The Morland Press, 1921. Very Good. London: The Morland Press, 1921. Limited Edition of 50 copies signed by Spare and numbered #11 at half-title, later issue with slip pasted over the third and fourth lines of title page. Quarto. 44 pp. 13 black and white illustrations, including frontis and title page vignette (mostly misbound), complete. Brown cloth boards with vellum spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Publisher's prospectus laid in at front. Housed in custom-made slipcase.
Focus expands on the occult concepts Spare had begun in his earlier works such as The Book of Pleasure. Begins with three "Aphorisms" in which he explores his concepts of Ikkah and Zos. Scarce with no copies in retail, signed or unsigned, at time of this writing.
Bumping and rippling to boards with brief exposure at top of spine; spine soiled. Binding sound; offsetting to endpapers; pages otherwise unmarked.
[Harper / Mandrake A4a].
Focus expands on the occult concepts Spare had begun in his earlier works such as The Book of Pleasure. Begins with three "Aphorisms" in which he explores his concepts of Ikkah and Zos. Scarce with no copies in retail, signed or unsigned, at time of this writing.
Bumping and rippling to boards with brief exposure at top of spine; spine soiled. Binding sound; offsetting to endpapers; pages otherwise unmarked.
[Harper / Mandrake A4a].
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- Publisher The Morland Press
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1921
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The Focus of Life. The Mutterings of Aoas. Written and illustrated by ... Introduction by Francis Marsden. Edited by Frederick Carter
by SPARE, Austin Osman
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Now for Reality? The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aãos: written and illustrated by Austin Osman Spare. Poems by Aleister Crowley. With an Introduction by Frederick Carter and an essay by Keith Richmond.
by CROWLEY,, Aleister, and Austin Osman SPARE
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Thame, Oxfordshire, Mandrake Press Ltd., 1990.. Folio. 78 p., with frontispiece, half-title, illustrated title-page, and 12 other illustrations.Original boards, gilt title to spine in illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy.. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Signed presentation inscription by Keith Richmond.
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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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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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