Lost Envoy: The Tarot Deck of Austin Osman Spare
Uncommon first hardcover edition of this rabbit-hole of a book on the English occultist. It's a strong copy of a beautiful book, but since I'm not well-versed in the extended oeuvre of this guy, I'll paste in this list of musical references to him from Wikipedia. Hopefully it'll make sense what kinda fella this was:
•Bulldog Breed, a British psychedelic band, have a song entitled "Austin Osmanspare" on their one and only album Made in England (1969).[88]
•Asgærd, a British prog rock band, released an album in 1972 called In the Realm of Asgærd, which contained a song named Austin Osman Spare.[89]
•John Balance of the influential early industrial music group Coil (formed in 1982) described Spare as being his "mentor," and claimed that "what Spare did in art, we try to do through music."[90]
•The Polish death metal band Behemoth recorded a studio album entitled Zos Kia Cultus in Warsaw in September 2002.[91]
334 pp.
Condition: Good—a little typical edge wear to case
Publisher: Strange Attractor
Year: 2016