THE OCCULT REVIEW: VOLUME 23, JANUARY-JUNE 1916
Book Details + Condition: William Rider & Son (London). Volume 23, 1916. 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 January - June, 1916. 350 pages, followed by reviews of occult books. Pencil notations in some page margins by the famous suffragist, Alice Eugenie (Dupont) Ortiz. Her signature to the top of the first edition's title page matches her other notations within the other OCCULT REVIEWS that we currently offer for sale.
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:
- War Letters From the Living Dead Man (Ralph Shirley)
- Witches in Susex (G.A.L.W.)
- Studies in Transformation (Arthur Edward Waite)
- La Magie (Helen B. Alan)
- Adventures of A Thought-Reader (Gerald Arundel)
- Black Magic In Ancient and Modern Egypt (Irene E. Toye-Warner)
- Psychical Phenomena in Herodotus (J. Arthur Hill)
- Family Death Warnings (William Gillespie)
- Hauntings By Witches Familiars (Elliott O' Donnell)
- Social Destiny of Man (Arthur Edward Waite)
- Some Fairy Folk-Lore (Reginald 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 partial rear boards have been reattached at some point, and binding remains firm; rubbing to corners and edges; a few pencilled notations by the aforementioned famous suffragist Alice Eugenie (Dupont) Ortiz.
