THE OCCULT REVIEW: VOLUME 48, JULY-DECEMBER 1928
Book Details + Condition: William Rider & Son (London). Volume 48, 1928. 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, 1928. Privately bound with marbled hardcover boards and three-quarters leather binding. Raised bands and gilt to spine; floral endpapers. Other copies from this collection (also listed for sale), with the same private binding, include the bookplate of famous suffragist Alice Eugenie (du Pont) Ortiz. 432 pages. Wear to boards attaching to spine, but binding remains firm; rubbed corners and edges; bindery sticker on inside front board; Universal Book Store stamp on rear endpaper; darkening to edges of endpapers; interior is clean and free of markings.
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 Besterman, 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: The Rationale of Psychism (Dion Fortune); The Lure of Darkness (Charles Whitby); The Prevalence of Prophecy; The Daemonologia of Edward Fairfax, 1621 (Marjorie Bowen); The Left-hand Path (Dion Fortune); The Earth and Its Aura (Elliott O'Donnell); A New Spirit of Research (A.E. Waite); Asleep Among the Dead; and so 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.
