LEANDER, EDMUND WHIPPLE AND J. EMERY MCLEAN (EDS.)
The Metaphysical Magazine. 8 bound volumes containing 49 issues, 1895-1899. Volumes 1,2,4,6,7,8,9,10.
NY, The Metaphysical Publishing Company. 1895, 1st. Hard, 8vo. Broken run of bound volumes as originally published of the first five years publication of The Metaphysical Magazine. Includes 8 volumes from January, 1895 through December 1899: Includes Volumes 1,2,4,6,7,8,9,10, containing 49 issues of the magazine. (Volumes 3 and 5 lacking.) Volume 1: Jan-June 1895, vi+568pp. Six issues printed on laid paper; Volume 2: July-Dec, 1895, vi+512pp. +Announcement and 1pp. ad. Six issues printed on laid paper; Volume 4: July-Dec, 1896, 480pp. Six issues on laid paper; (page 235-236 lacking. Supplied in facsimile); Volume 6: Published as "Intelligence", June-Nov, 1897, 480pp. Six issues on laid paper, illustrated with plates and reproductions; Volume 7: Published as "Intelligence", Dec, 1897-Mar, 1898, 352pp. Four issues on wove, illustrated with plates and reproductions. Lacking the title page. (supplied in facsimile); Volume 8: Resumes publishing as "The Metaphysical Magazine". Apr-Dec, 1898, 560pp. Nine issues, printed on wove; Volume 9: Jan-Jun, 1899, 384pp. Six issues on wove. Volume 10: Jul-Dec, 1899, 388pp. Six issues on wove. All volumes are ex-library. Spines faded, small, uniform labels, sparse internal markings. Internally very good to fine, pages bright and unmarked. Bindings are strong and tight with wear at the spine ends and minor wear at the tips. An influential publication of occult literature and very scarce. Good.
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