The Quest of the Golden Stairs. A Mystery of Kinghood in Faërie.
London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. vi + 176pp, Quarter orange cloth w/ blue papered boards. Gilt title, etc. to spine. An allegorical romance in the form of a fairy tale. Says the Publisher: "From the outset of this mystical romance, full of the fragrance of rare imaginings, the reader will feel that the author is not a mere teller of stories writing for the sake of making a book, but a gifted mystic turning the ripeness of his knowledge and the beauty of his poetic faculty to a new and full account. From the first page to the last the reader follows with all the joy of the explorer in new and enchanted lands." Few others were as kind, and despite a relatively small print run the book could still be purchased new some fifty years (ie the late 1970s) after its publication! [Gilbert A40]. A little shelf-wear and darkening to boards, spine ends and corners of boards bruised, edges of text-block darkened, otherwise a tight, clean VG+ copy in VG + dust jacket (Dust jacket a little darkened, light chafing and creasing and a few small chips to the edges. Now protected by removable mylar sleeve). Item #72998
Price: $450.00