Correspondence between Frater Achad and John Symonds Up For Sale

Biblio.com is selling  some correspondence between Charles Stansfeld Jones and John Symonds regarding Symonds biography of Aleister Crowley which was then a work in progress. Shipping is only $4.50! Basic cost is $650 – OUCH! The seller’s site says:

“Vancouver, B.C./London: Unpublished, 1948. Fine Condition. Four letters from June 1948, between Charles Stansfeld Jones (Frater Achad) and John Symonds regarding what was to become “The Great Beast”, published London: Rider and Company, 1951. Although the correspondence between the two started out pleasant, it turned a bit sour toward the end when Achad refused to supply Symonds with certain held diaries (said to be later destroyed by Achad as to hide his XI° workings with Crowley). In other extant letters between Achad and Gerald Yorke during this period, Achad was greatly concerned that the biography being written by Symonds was to be a whitewash. Achad could not have been more mistaken… Provenance: From the Archives of The Universal Brotherhood, dispersed after the death of Fredrick J. Kayser, U.B.’s last Mahaguru/Member, successor to Dr. John P. Kowal/Charles Stansfeld Jones.. Unpublished. Four Letters. Fine. 8½” x 11″ (3) / 8½” x 9″ (1).”

https://www.biblio.com/book/collection-four-letters-between-charles-stansfeld/d/1113242633.

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