A Subaltern in Spirit Land: A Sequel to "Gone West"
London: Rider, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 310pp. + 2pp. ads. Brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine, lettered in blind on front board. B/w frontisportrait. An account of existence on the "spirit plane" focussing on soldiers killed in the First World War. The author lost three relatives in the war, including his brother, and claimed that he had been able to travel to the "spirit plane" to commune with them. Ward was also a prominent Freemason and is now most widely remembered for his later work "The Sign Language of the Mysteries" (1928) a study of symbolism written from a largely Masonic perspective. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, with his ex-libris seal blind-stamped on the front free endpaper. Spine slightly leaned, page-edges foxed, contemporary owner's details on front free endpaper, neat vertical crease to rear blank, otherwise a solid VG+ copy (no dust jacket). Item #74284
Price: $65.00