The Unknown World. Volume II, Number 1.
London: James Elliot & Co. London, February, 1895. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. 48pp + viii. [perforated subscription blank at rear ]. Original printed wrappers. Printed in double columns, supplement. An issue of Waite's short lived occult journal. "A Magazine Devoted to the Occult Sciences, Magic, Mystical Philosophy, Alchemy, Hermetic Archaeology, and the Hidden Problems of Science, Literature, Speculation and History." This issue includes: Eckarthausen's "The Cloud Upon the Sanctuary, Letter II" (trans. by De Steiger), Edward Maitland's "The Hermetic Doctrine of Redemption," a previously unpublished poem by Thomas Lake Harris, etc. etc. There are also numerous short pieces by Waite, in the form of "Answers to Correspondents", Reviews, etc. - which are identified in Dr. R. A. Gilbert's "Bibliography of A. E. Waite" (p.180). Edges rubbed and chipped, spine largely chipped away, wrappers and leaves starting to detach from one another. Pages darkened. A shabby but complete copy of a Very Scarce journal. Item #39070
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