Aleister Crowley Collection Vol. 4 - Writings from Vanity Fair (Illustrated)

A CIGAR is like a wife!

Put it to your lips, and light it;

When you’ve learnt to do it right, it

Adds a certain zest to life.

Mind you keep on puffing it,

Or it’s out, and can’t be lit.

Ah, the aroma! Ah, the glow!

Will you have one? Thank you, No.

- Aleister Crowley, Vanity Fair January, 1916



Fans of Aleister Crowley are in for a treat with Volume 4 of the Aleister Crowley Collection.



Included in this volume are the series of articles Crowley penned for Vanity Fair during the Great War. Subject matter ranges from ‘On The Management of Blondes’ to Japanese verse, Polo and various other arcane matters. All delivered with the same non-PC, inimitable devil-may-care wit one expects from ‘The Wickedest Man Alive.’



All 17 Vanity Fair pieces are included here:



Bernard Shaw on Self-Effacement

Aleister Crowley: Mystic and Mountain Climber

Eight Vampire Women

The Hokku – A New Verse Form

A Hindu at the Polo Grounds

Colloque Sentimental

With Muted Strings

The Prize Winners of the Hokku Contest

Six Little Poems In Prose

The Nonsense About Vers Libre

Three Great Hoaxes of the War

Anna of Havana

To A Brunette

Ratan Devi: Indian Singer

On The Management of Blondes

The Origin of the Game of Pirate Bridge

What’s Wrong with the Movies?



*Fully illustrated.

*Special low-price.



"Another great selection. Worth it for 'The Nonsense About Vers Libre' alone. A lot of value here."