EQUINOX. The Official Organ of the A. A. The Review of Scientific Illuminism. Volume I: No. I; No. II; No. III; No. IV; No. V.

First edition. Five volumes. Publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards with white title labels printed in black to the spines. All volumes are complete and without loose or torn pages. Volume I (published March 21, 1909), illustrated with a tissue guarded chromolithograph, three tipped in plates and one diagram in black and white. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some fraying to the spine edges. The boards are darkened to the edges with small marks and a little wear to the corners. Faint previous owner's name in pencil to the top edge of the upper cover. The spine label is somewhat chipped with loss to the lower portion. The contents are spotted to the margins of some pages with some creasing to the edges and corners; Volume II (published September 24, 1909), illustrated with one tipped in plate, two line drawings by Austin Osman Spare and numerous diagrams throughout the text. A very good copy, the binding square and sound with some wear to the spine tips and darkening to the covers. Previous owner's name in pencil to the top edge of the upper cover. The contents, with spotting and creasing to the margins of some pages are otherwise clean throughout; Volume III (published March 10, 1910), illustrated with a pink-tinted photogravure portrait of Aleister Crowley, seven tipped in plates and diagrams throughout the text. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the title label chipped with a little loss to the upper and lower middle. The contents with some spotting and mild creasing to the margins are otherwise clean. The Crowley portrait plate with a faint mark to the upper blank margin; Volume IV (published September 1910), illustrated with five tipped in plates (one with a loosely laid in tissue guard) and diagrams throughout the text. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the boards with some darkening and minor wear to the extremities. The contents, with some spotting and mild creasing to the margins are otherwise clean throughout; Volume V (published March 1911), illustrated with one tipped in plate (seemingly not called for). A very good or slightly better copy, the binding square and firm with a little wear and some darkening to the extremities. The contents are a little spotted to the the margins with the occasional mild crease.

An attractive run, in entirely original condition of the first five volumes of Aleister Crowley's biannual compilation of occult instruction, esoteric poetry and fiction. Examples of the first edition in the fragile original binding seldom appear without significant condition issues, the present offering being most unusual and desirable thus.