Aleister Crowley Collection Vol. 4 - Writings from Vanity Fair

A CIGAR is like a wife!Put it to your lips, and light it;When you’ve learnt to do it right, itAdds 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, 1916Fans 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 Bernard Shaw on Self-EffacementAleister Mystic and Mountain ClimberEight Vampire WomenThe Hokku – A New Verse FormA Hindu at the Polo GroundsColloque SentimentalWith Muted StringsThe Prize Winners of the Hokku ContestSix Little Poems In ProseThe Nonsense About Vers LibreThree Great Hoaxes of the WarAnna of HavanaTo A BrunetteRatan Indian SingerOn The Management of BlondesThe Origin of the Game of Pirate BridgeWhat’s Wrong with the Movies?*Fully illustrated.*Special low-price.