A Book of Mystery and Vision
by Waite, Arthur Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/Very good +
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Philip Welby, 1902. First edtiion. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. 8vo (7.25"x8.75"). 243pp with several pages of publisher advertisement following. Brown cloth covered boards. Gilt title to cover accompanied by a lovely green art nouveau decoration by Mary Tourtel. Spine shows signs of rubbing with gilt title and author faded. Bit bumped to lower spine. Rear lower corner bumped. Interior of front board inscribed by presumed prior owner, "Hess". Two 1" cracks to interior hinge. Lovely green frontispiece showing a rock outcropping with a lone sheep herder accompanied by angels. Pages deckled. No markings, save rear free end paper has an address and date lightly pencilled in. A very handsome copy containing mystic poetry and plays by the creator of Rider Waite Tarot deck.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Downtown Books & News (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3892
- Title
- A Book of Mystery and Vision
- Author
- Waite, Arthur Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edtiion
- Publisher
- Philip Welby
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1902
- Bookseller catalogs
- Occult Studies;
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