THE OCCULT REVIEW: VOLUME 28, JULY-DECEMBER 1918
Book Details + Condition: William Rider & Son (London). Volume 28, 1918. First UK Editions of the highly influential and pre-eminent journal of the 20th century, THE OCCULT REVIEW. (The US editions were issued one month after the British.) This compilation spans July-December, 1918. 372 pages. Pencil notations in some page margins by the famous suffragist, Alice Eugenie (Dupont) Ortiz. Her handwriting matches her other notations within the other OCCULT REVIEWS that we currently offer for sale. (This copy does not include her bookplate, but others do.)
Edited by Ralph Shirley, THE OCCULT REVIEW contained essays on all aspects of occultism, from alchemy to witchcraft; there was emphasis on magic, as many of its authors had been members of the Golden Dawn or its offshoots. Most of the eminent occultists of the period contributed to the journal, such as Frater Achad, Arthur Avalon, Annie Besant, Theodore Bestrewn, J.W. Brodie-Innes; Hereward Carrington, Mabel Collins, Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Ada Goodrich-Freer; Franz Hartmann, D. D. Home, E.J. Langford Garstin; Michael Juste; William Kingsland, G.R.S. Mead; Sylvan J. Muldoon, Elliot O'Donnell, H. Stanley Redgrove, Sax Rohmer; Eduoard Schure, Lewis Spence, Meredith Starr, Montague Summers, and A.E. Waite. In addition to essays, poems, artwork, and illustrations, each issue typically contained the editor's 'Notes of the Month,' letters from the public, book reviews, and advertisements. This compiled volume contains such articles as:
- Evolution of a Psychical Researcher (J. Arthur Hill)
- A Post-Mortem Room Ghost (Jocelyn Underhill)
- India's Magic Weapons (Edmund Russell)
- Personal Reminiscences of Eusapia Palladino (Hereward Carrington)
- Spirit Lights and Spirit Voices (A. Roamer)
- Automatic Drawing (F.A.M)
- Earthbound Spirits (Reginald D. Span)
- Isis Unveiled: Personal Recollections of Madame Blavatsky (Edmund Russell)
- Concerning Mandrakes (Madeline Tate)
- Involution and Evolution (E. F. Maynard)
- The Occult Lore of Bells (Bernard Fielding)
- Phantoms? (Bart Kennedy)
- Captain Lorimer's Ghost Story (Gerda M. Calmady-Hamlyn)
- On Reincarnations (A. Foamer)
- The Ethereal and the Material (R.B. Span)
- And much more.
A true gem of first edition occult literature, and a fascinating treasure-trove of knowledge, for occult and spiritualist collectors. Please see our other listings for more OCCULT REVIEW first edition volumes. Front and rear boards have been partially reattached at some point, and binding remains firm; rubbing to corners and edges; chafed spine ends; toned pages; a few pencilled notations by the aforementioned famous suffragist Alice Eugenie (Dupont) Ortiz.
