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AEGYPT.
Toronto, New York, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam, [1987]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. The first volume in the AEGYPT quartet. "... whose subject is no less than the meaning of like, the nature of reality, and the secret history of the world." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 7-83. "...a Gnostic explication of the world and its historical sea-changes-one which is currently underway-its action organized around the twelve houses of the zodiac..." - Pringle (ed.), St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 133-135. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-77. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 100.
AEGYPT.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987. Octavo, boards. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the British edition. Signed by Crowley on the title page. The first volume in the AEGYPT quartet. "... whose subject is no less than the meaning of like, the nature of reality, and the secret history of the world." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 7-83. "...a Gnostic explication of the world and its historical sea-changes-one which is currently underway-its action organized around the twelve houses of the zodiac..." - Pringle (ed.), St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 133-135. Pringle: Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #100.
ANTIQUITIES: SEVEN STORIES.
Seattle: Incunabula, 1993. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 77 numbered copies signed by Crowley (number 35). Seven stories of fantasy and science fiction. "Each story here is a small, well-crafted gem, highly allusive yet not obtrusively so, full of emotion-mostly longing and especially wonder, a response fantasy aims for but rarely achieves with the force Crowley is able to supply." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 7-84.
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS). 1 page, dated 24 March 1978, to "Dear Kirby" [McCauley], signed "John." On watermarked onionskin letter-sized paper with autograph return address (Lenox [Mass.]).
Cover letter for a story (not present) that Crowley wants McCauley to submit to THE NEW YORKER (" … my last assault on the barricades of THE NEW YORKER… If effort is any guarantee of worth, and it isn't, this is the best thing I've ever done."). He makes some remarks about the Italian edition of THE DEEP, which he had just received, and asks McCauley to send that Italian publisher a copy of BEASTS. Sparkles of wit enliven what would have been a boilerplate business letter from most other writers. Written in a beautiful calligraphic style. " … [Crowley] is now recognized as one of the shaping minds of the late-20th-century literature of the fantastic." - Clute and Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 238.
BEASTS.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Octavo, boards. First edition. "America has fallen apart, and genetically engineered beastmen and others resist its reintegration." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 28.
BEASTS.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Octavo, boards. First edition. "America has fallen apart, and genetically engineered beastmen and others resist its reintegration." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 28.
BEASTS.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Crowley on the front free endpaper. "America has fallen apart, and genetically engineered beastmen and others resist its reintegration." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 28. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-121.
BEASTS.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Crowley on the front free endpaper. "America has fallen apart, and genetically engineered beastmen and others resist its reintegration." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 28. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-121.
BEASTS.
Wendover: John Goodchild Publishers, [1984]. Octavo, boards. First British hardcover edition. Five page introduction by Dave Wingrove. "America has fallen apart, and genetically engineered beastmen and others resist its reintegration." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 28.
BEASTS.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Crowley on the title page. "America has fallen apart, and genetically engineered beastmen and others resist its reintegration." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 28. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-121.
BEASTS.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second novel. In the near future "America has fallen apart, and genetically engineered beastmen and others resist its reintegration. Perhaps the least of Crowley's novels, but well worth reading: he's a fine writer." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 28. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-290. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 133-37.
CONVERSATION HEARTS.
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2008. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Trade edition of this novelette.
DAEMONOMANIA.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, 2000. Octavo, boards. First edition. The third volume in the AEGYPT quartet. "Deeply atmospheric, impressively learned, endlessly suggestive: it won’t mean much, though, to readers who haven’t wrestled with its equally demanding predecessors. Crowley’s work is a taste well worth acquiring, but you have to work at it." Kirkus review, 8/8/00.
THE DEEP.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. "On a plate-shaped world, perched upon a fabulously tall column, people live their lives, capriciously manipulated by agencies and creatures beyond their understanding. The 'Deep' is the seemingly infinite mysterious universe around them. The novel was welcomed by SF writers and critics alike." - Joe De Bolt, "Outstanding Science Fiction Books: 1927-1979," p. 365. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-78.
ENGINE SUMMER.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979. Octavo, boards. First edition. "In far future America returned to agrarian primitivism by disaster, the hero has recorded for future generations the story of his youthful quest for enlightenment. Beautifully written and eloquently argued; it can be appreciated even by those who lack sympathy with the ideology behind its Arcadian romanticism." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-291. "One of the most unusual and rewarding of all modern sf novels." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 121. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-122.
ENGINE SUMMER.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979. Octavo, boards. First edition. "In far future America returned to agrarian primitivism by disaster, the hero has recorded for future generations the story of his youthful quest for enlightenment. Beautifully written and eloquently argued; it can be appreciated even by those who lack sympathy with the ideology behind its Arcadian romanticism." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-291. "One of the most unusual and rewarding of all modern sf novels." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 121.
LITTLE, BIG.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. Signed by Crowley. 1982 World Fantasy award winner. "A now recognized landmark of modern fantasy, Crowley's novel encompasses many worlds in its ambitious scope and triumphs on all counts ..." "A literate, touching and unassuming masterpiece." - Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature, 4A-79. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-85. Pringle: Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels #76.
LITTLE, BIG.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. 1982 World Fantasy award winner. "A now recognized landmark of modern fantasy, Crowley's novel encompasses many worlds in its ambitious scope and triumphs on all counts ..." "A literate, touching and unassuming masterpiece." - Barron (ed.), Fantasy Literature, 4A-79. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-85. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels #76.
LITTLE, BIG.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first British edition. 1982 World Fantasy award winner. "A now recognized landmark of modern fantasy, Crowley's novel encompasses many worlds in its ambitious scope and triumphs on all counts ..." "A literate, touching and unassuming masterpiece." - Barron (ed.), Fantasy Literature, 4A-79. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-85. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels #76.
LITTLE, BIG.
Toronto, New York, London, Sydney: Bantam Books, [1981]. Octavo, decorated wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback original. 1982 World Fantasy award winner. "A now recognized landmark of modern fantasy, Crowley's novel encompasses many worlds in its ambitious scope and triumphs on all counts ..." "A literate, touching and unassuming masterpiece." - Barron (ed.), Fantasy Literature, 4A-79. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels #76.
LITTLE, BIG.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. 1982 World Fantasy award winner. "A now recognized landmark of modern fantasy, Crowley's novel encompasses many worlds in its ambitious scope and triumphs on all counts ..." "A literate, touching and unassuming masterpiece." - Barron (ed.), Fantasy Literature, 4A-79. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-85. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels #76.
LORD BYRON'S NOVEL: THE EVENING LAND.
[New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2005]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. "Crowley's premise is a simple one. In the fall of 1813 -- a little more than two years before his wife left him (because of incest, attempted sodomy, "affairs with boys when he was in Greece" or some other impropriety) and he departed from England for good -- Byron claimed he had begun a novel but burned it "because the scene ran into reality." Crowley conjures Byron's lost novel, phoenix-like, from the ashes." - Christopher Benfey, NY Times book review, 6/19/05.
LOVE & SLEEP.
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, [1994]. Octavo, frontispiece by Jill Bauman, full leather, a.e.g. First edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Crowley. The second volume in the AEGYPT quartet. 1995 World Fantasy nominee. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton press signed first edition series.
NOVELTY.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1989]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Collection of four short novels, "Great Work of Time" won the 1990 World Fantasy Award for best novella. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-292.
NOVELTY.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1989]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. This copy signed by Crowley. Collection of four short novels, "Great Work of Time" won the 1990 World Fantasy Award for best novella. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-292.