Title: A MANUAL OF OCCULTISM
Author: Sepharial (Dr. Walter Gorn Old)
Publisher: William Rider & Son, Ltd.
City: LondonYear: 1911 (First Edition)Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 356, with 4-page "Some Publications of William Rider & Son, Ltd.", followed by Rider's 48-page "A List of Works" dated January 1911
Illustrated: Yes
Book Details + Condition: Very scarce first, and most desirable edition of Sepharial's A MANUAL OF OCCULTISM. Beautiful, elaborate and decorative cloth covers with gilt design on front and on spine. Complete with Errata slip on page 3. Overall in very good condition. Some extremity rubbing, mainly on corners and along spine edges. Top edge gilt. CHAPTERS INCLUDE: Astrology (The Aspects, Signs, Horoscopes, Fortunes, Eclipses, Directions, and more); Palmistry; Thaumaturgic Art (The Kabala, Of Evil Spirits, Spiritual Freedom, Talismans, Numerology); Hypnotism and Mesmerism; The Occult Arts (Divination, The Tarot, Cartomancy, Crystal-Gazing, Visions, Geomancy, Casting, Psychometry, Dreams, and more); Alchemy. Dedication inscription, "Gift of the estate of ? Greene, of the Krotona Institute of Theosophy, Ojai, California" on inside front board. Front endpaper has some tears, as has bottom corner of last page of advertisements. Minor underlining on 4-5 pages only. Size: Thick 12mo - over 6¾" -
7¾" tall.
