Olla: An Anthology of Sixty Years of Song

  • London: Published by the O.T.O. / Printed in England by W.A. Guy Ltd, 1946
By Aleister Crowley; Lady Frieda Harris [dust jacket]; Augustus John [frontis]
London: Published by the O.T.O. / Printed in England by W.A. Guy Ltd, 1946. Very Good/Very Good -. London: Published by the O.T.O. / Printed in England by W.A. Guy Ltd., [ca. 1946]. First Edition, limited to 500 copies. Quarto. 128 pp. Frontis. Publisher's dust jacket designed by Lady Frieda Harris, "artist executant" of the Thoth tarot deck. Brown cloth boards stamped in gilt with Crowley's "Mark of the Beast" to front. OCLC gives 1946 and 1947 as publication dates; scarce in dust jacket.

Jacket chipped at spine ends and corners, with a couple long closed tears from top edge on front and rear panel and smaller tears along spine with tape repair to verso, along with a few spots of faint dampstaining at fore-edge and tail, and some general smudging and scuffing to surface. Boards worn at extremities with minor fraying. Binding gives a little but overall is holding soundly. Interior unmarked. Very Good in a Good or better dust jacket.

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