My Rosicrucian Adventure. A Contribution to a Recent Phase of the History of Magic, and a Study in the Technique of Theurgy.
Chicago, IL: The Aries Press, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 146pp. Original red cloth with gilt title etc to spine. Inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper: "For Dr. F. Sherwood Taylor, with compliments, I Regardie." Regardie's study of the Golden Dawn, and his personal recollections of one of its later incarnations, the Stella Matutina. Not surprisingly it includes references to a number of luminaries including Dion Fortune (who was largely responsible for Regardie's acceptance into the Stella Matutina), and former enfant terrible of the Golden Dawn, and Regardie's erstwhile mentor, Aleister Crowley. Sherwood Taylor (1897 – 1956) was a chemist and historian of science who, amongst other things wrote a number of books including "The Ideas of the Alchemists," "The First Alchemists," "The Earliest Alchemical Signs and Symbols," etc. as well as serving as the founding editor of the journal "Ambix." An important book that is not often seen signed or inscribed. Cloth spot faded and discoloured (as common), spine darkened, spine ends and corners bumped and lightly chafed, page edge darkened and thumbed, endpapers unevenly browned, a few pages have pencil lines in margins otherwise text clean. Overall a solid near VG copy in Good dust jacket. (Dust jacket darkened and a little discoloured, edges chafed, corners and spine ends a bit chipped, not clipped). Item #56583
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