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 + 306pp + 4 page b&w plate insert at center. Black cloth with gilt title etc spine, previously unpublished b&w plates, b&w line figures.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. Very light shelf-wear, page edges lightly toned, small neat bookseller's label (that of the famous W. N. Schors) at bottom of front pastedown. A tight and unmarked near-Fine copy in mylar protected near-Fine dust jacket (Dust jacket has a hint of yellowing, very lightly creased at edges. Now protected in removable mylar cover). Item #70081
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