Ithell Colquhoun

Sword of Wisdom: Macgregor Mathers and &Apos;the Golden Dawn&Apos;

London, Neville Spearman, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this occultist book about 'The Golden Dawn' secret society. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Juanita Grout. With a colour frontispiece, and twenty plates. Collated complete. An interesting work regarding the 'Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn', a secret society devoted to the study of occult Hermeticism and metaphysics. Detailing the life and teachings of the founder, MacGregor Mathers. This unusual book about the Golden Dawn gives special attention to its Celtic affiliations, while a useful feature is the tabulated account of its temples and their membership. Ithell Colquhoun was a British painter, occultist and writer. Her work played an important role in the British surrealist movement. The half title page is present. With a bookseller's label to the front free endpaper. In the original, full cloth binding. Externally, excellent with little shelf wear. The odd small mark to the front board. Bookseller's label to the front free endpaper. The original unclipped dust wrapper is in excellent condition with light shelf wear only. The odd small mark to the panels. Some fading to the rear panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 843G52

Catalogue: Occult & Esoterica

Keywords: the golden dawn macgregor mathers occult magic macgregor mathers hermeticism Not Stated

Ithell Colquhoun , Tilly Craig , Victoria Ferentinou 285066, Judith Noble

The Dance of Moon and Sun: Ithell Colquhoun, British Women and Surrealism

Fulgur Limited, 2023. Hardcover. Pp: 256. Essays on the art and writings of the long-neglected British occultist and Surrealist Straddling the worlds of Surrealism, occultism and modernist literature, Ithell Colquhoun (1906-88) was widely respected in her lifetime, but her transgressive, esoteric and poetic paintings and writings were long neglected until Richard Shillitoe's 2009 book Ithell Colquhoun: Magician Born of Natureinitiated her revaluation-followed by Fulgur's 2016 publication Decad of Intelligence, the Tate's 2019 acquisition of more than 5,000 Colquhoun works and Amy Hale's 2020 biography. Colquhoun occupies a unique place within the lineage of occult Surrealist painters such as Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo, as her presence in the 2022 Venice Biennale exhibition Milk of Dreamsdemonstrated. This volume is the first critical examination of her diverse legacy, compiling papers from a 2018 conference on Colquhoun and her contemporaries Leonora Carrington, Leonor Fini and Stella Snead. Contributors explore themes of authorship and agency, Colquhoun's drawing practice, her Celtic motifs, British Surrealism and alchemy. ISBN: 9781399936484. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

De SlegteProfessional seller

Book number: 3544684

Catalogue: Kunst

Keywords: 9781399936484

COLQUHOUN ITHELL

Sword of Wisdom, MacGregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn

New York, Putnam. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0399115348) Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. faint fade to spine, small nick top edge of upper board shows as small area frayed cloth, minimal label residue mark to fep, faint spotting of foxing to closed edges, 307pp + plates, biography of founding member of the Golden Dawn and hence the occult revival of the Twentieth Century. Very Good/No Jacket.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 003027

Catalogue: Occult New Age Metaphysics

Keywords: Golden Dawn Mathers Crowley Occult Oto Thelema Biography Yeats Waite Magic 0399115348