Item #58638 The Magicians of the Golden Dawn. A Documentary History of a Magical Order 1887-1923. Ellic HOWE, Gerald Yorke.
The Magicians of the Golden Dawn. A Documentary History of a Magical Order 1887-1923.
The Magicians of the Golden Dawn. A Documentary History of a Magical Order 1887-1923.
The Magicians of the Golden Dawn. A Documentary History of a Magical Order 1887-1923.

The Magicians of the Golden Dawn. A Documentary History of a Magical Order 1887-1923.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxviii + 306 pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, illustrated with 8 previously unpublished b&w plates, b&w line figures. Appendixes and index. The first edition of this excellent historical study of the individuals associated with the early Golden Dawn - notably W. Wynn Westcott, Anna Sprengel, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Moina Mathers, W.B. Yeats, Florence Farr, Annie Horniman, Rev. W.A. Ayton, Dr. Edward Berridge, J.W. Brodie-Innes, Frederick Leigh Gardner, Allan Bennett, Dr. R. W. Felkin, Christina M. Stoddart, Madame Horos and, of course, Aleister Crowley. Although written over forty years ago it remains the standard reference on the subject. A little light shelf-wear, top edge of text block a little dusty darkened, pages lightly toned. Overall a tight, bright and unmarked near-Fine copy in VG+ dust jacket (the dust jacket bright and clean, a little creasing to top edge of front panel, not price-clipped. Now protected by removable mylar cover). Item #58638
ISBN: 0710073399

Price: $175.00

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