Aleister Crowley is one of the most renowned, controversial and fremarkable figure to emerge from the Western Occult Revival era. His tradition lives on as his books remain in print and popular.
Aleister Crowley published his masterpiece on the Tarot, The Book
of Thoth, in 1944. It was produced in an exquisitely printed,
limited, numbered, and signed edition of 200 copies that has been a
treasured collector's edition since. Its eight color plates of
several cards were hand-pasted in.In 1969, Samuel Weiser, Inc.
published a well-executed second edition reprint of the 1944 book.
A quality hardcover with a lovely book jacket and full-color
illustrations as per Crowley's choices, it was reprinted several
times until replaced by the ubiquitous trade paperback in the early
1970s, in print ever since.This year, in celebration of the 60th
Anniversary of Weiser Books has done it again. They have reissued a
brand new high quality hardcover that is a true third edition.
First, they worked with O.T.O. on replacing the original artwork
(color and black-and-white) with color-corrected photos and scans
of the original paintings in the Warburg Institute painted by
Frieda Lady Harris. They also reproduced the beloved 1969 jacket,
with more generous inside flaps and better paper. As a real treat,
the book includes high quality color endpapers of the Egyptian
design that was printed on the cover of Crowley's 1944 edition. The
text paper used in the book is a quality coated art paper which
highlights the color plates as well as the halftones of the entire
deck.No words are needed to describe the importance of this book in
Crowley's literary corpus. Weiser Books has done it full justice.
And for $60.00, you can't go wrong. --James Wasserman, author of
the original Thoth Tarot pamphlet insert, Instructions for Aleister
Crowley's Thoth Tarot Deck, and Aleister Crowley and the Practice
of the Magical Diary-- "Reviews"
If any book in the world deserves to be enshrined in hardcover
immortality it is Aleister Crowley's magnum opus and magical
time-capsule, The Book of Thoth. The Weiser facsimile edition is
breathtakingly magnificent. --Lon Milo DuQuette, author of
Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot-- "Reviews"
This edition of The Book of Thoth, Crowley's masterpiece on the
Tarot, is as well-constructed and weighty as its subject matter,
with full-color images as vivid as the original. It is an
exceptional edition of a controversial and critical work in the
history of modern Tarot that eloquently unravels the depths of this
esoteric subject. --Colin Campbell, author of Of the Arte Goetia,
The Magic Seal of Dr. John Dee, and A Concordance to the Holy Books
of Thelema-- "Reviews"
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