Reminiscences and Writings of Gerald Yorke. Edited with an Introduction by Keith Richmond, With Contributions by Timothy d'Arch Smith and David Tibet

Gerald Yorke ; Keith Richmond ; Timothy D’Arch Smith ; Clive Harper ~ Aleister Crowley, The Golden Dawn and Buddhism : The Special Deluxe Edition Signed By The Four Contributors

The Teitan Press, USA : 2011

The sole printing published by The Teitan Press, USA in 2011. There was no UK edition. This is number ‘XXXV111’ of a limited edition of only 93 specially bound copies with a leather spine, blue cloth and slipcased. The limitation page also bears the four signatures of the contributors as issued in this deluxe edition. The edition was published in a total limitation of 1,023 numbered copies, comprising : 930 cloth-bound copies, and 93 specially bound, signed copies (numbered I-XCIII). A near Fine copy with some slight toning to the leather spine. Clean internally. A scarce and highly desirable Teitan Press production, combining ‘Golden Dawn’ history, Crowley scholarship, and reflections on Buddhism by figures closely associated with Gerald Yorke. Colour frontispiece by Austin Osman Spare, and 16 pages of black and white illustrations. A series of 20 essays by Gerald Yorke, who for four years was one of Aleister Crowley's closest followers, and remained a lifelong friend. Although in later life he embraced Buddhism, Yorke was one of the handful of people who laboured to preserve the legacy of 'The Beast' after his death in 1947, and through his work as a publisher's advisor he was also instrumental in the publication of many of the most important works of his times on the occult, yoga and Buddhism. Yorke's profound practical as well as theoretical knowledge of these subjects is reflected in these essays, some of which are published here for the first time. They are accompanied by a biographical Introduction by Keith Richmond, a Reminiscence by Timothy d'Arch Smith, and a revised version of Yorke's Crowley Bibliography by Clive Harper. The book concludes with a lengthy Interview with Gerald Yorke by David Tibet, undertaken shortly before Yorke's death in 1983. Rarely encountered in this signed, specially bound state, and such exceptional condition overall.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine