Hamnett, Nina. LAUGHING TORSO. Crowley interest.

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Hamnett, Nina. LAUGHING TORSO: REMINISCENCES. London: Virago Press, 1994. Originally published 1932. This edition has a new Introduction by Edward Booth-Clibborn. 1st ed thus.

Small ownership stamp of an Australian occult order, else Good in pict wpps.

On the publication of Laughing Torso in 1932, Aleister Crowley sued Hamnett for libel in a celebrated case – which Nina won.