Arthur Machen; A. E. White; R. A. Gilbert
The House of Hidden Light
Yorkshire, Tartarus Press, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, limited edition of Waite and Machen's important occult text, edited by R. A. Gilbert. A scarce first edition thus, one of only three-hundred and fifty copies produced. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The work of British poet and scholarly mystic A. E. Waite, who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters, and of Welsh author and mystic Arthur Machen. Many investigators - including Aleister Crowley - have attempted to understand this work, which was first published in 1904 in a print run of three copies. This edition, with an introduction and critical commentary from R. A. Gilbert, asserts that the work is a 'coded record of Machen and Waite"s nocturnal adventures around London&apos. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper is excellent, with light handling marks, heavier to the rear. Internally, firmly bound with very bright, clean pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
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Keywords: Arthur Machen A E Waite R A Gilbert house of the hidden light A E Waite occult None