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Correspondence from Miss Smith [Constable & Co., Ltd., Publishers of Laughing Torso] to Charles Harper [Waterhouse & Co., Solicitors for Constable & Co.]
[Correspondence concerning Constable & Co.'s preparation for the appeal to the libel suit brought by Aleister Crowley against Nina Hamnett and the publication of her book Laughing Torso.]
May 2nd 1934
Dear Mr. Harper,
We have just been informed of the existence of the following by Crowley:—
THE SWORD OF SONG CALLED BY CHRISTIANS THE BOOK OF THE BEAST. 1904.
It is said to be definitely blasphemous, and "would be useful in many ways apart from its blasphemy".
Our informant says there is a copy in the current catalogue (No. 230. Item 231) at 30/- of Messrs. Dulau & Co., 38 Old Bond Street.
I hand on all this for what it is worth; maybe we do not want anything more.
Yours sincerely,
C.J.S. Harper Esq., Messrs. Waterhouse & Co., 12 Bishopsgate E.C.
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