Correspondence from Joseph Bannister

to

Constable & Co., Ltd. [Publishers of Laughing Torso]

 

 

[Correspondence concerning Constable & Co.'s preparation for the libel suit brought by

Aleister Crowley against Nina Hamnett and the publication of her book Laughing Torso.]

 

 

 

11 Solent Road

Hampstead

N.W.6

 

 

Sept. 23 [1932]

 

 

Dear Sirs:

 

The "Sunday Express" of November 26, 1922, contained a full account, as perhaps you are aware of Aleister Crowley's career. If a fourth of what it said about him is true, he ought to be doing time. I believe I have the article somewhere.

 

Respectively,

 

Joseph Bannister

 

 

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