THE DAILY EXPRESS

London, England

18 June 1934

(page 6)

 

These Names Make News

 

 

First-Edition racketeers in a panic. . . . Forthcoming book debunks, exhaustively and scientifically, highly-priced pamphlets by eminent Victorians. . . . Alleges many forged. . . .

 

Meanwhile, publicity attending libel action has sent soaring first-edition prices of magician Aleister Crowley. . . . One West End bookseller asks £20, £12, £4 for various Crowley MSS. And firsts, £45 for correspondence, etc., between him and sculptor Rodin [Auguste Rodin].