Item #31826 The Secret Tradition in Alchemy. Arthur Edward WAITE.
The Secret Tradition in Alchemy.

The Secret Tradition in Alchemy.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxii+ 416 pp. Deep purple cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine. Waite's significant study of Spiritualism. R. A. Gilbert observes that : "The book has been critized .... for rejecting a spiritual interpretation of pre-Renaissance alchemy, but it remains, for all its shortcomings, the only accessible study of the occult ramifications of alchemy in the 18th Century and of such odd theorists as Mrs Atwood and General Hitchcock." [Gilbert A39]. Spine faded as virtually always, and some fading to the edges of the boards. Boards lightly rubbed, old bookshop sticker on front pastedown, page edges foxed, and some light scattered foxing to first and last few leaves. Otherwise a solid, tight, internally clean VG+ copy (lacks dust jacket). Item #31826

Price: $200.00

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