The Collected Poems of Arthur Edward Waite [Vol. I + II, Complete, SIGNED]

Waite, Arthur Edward

Published by William Rider and Son, Ltd., London, 1914

About this Item

Complete in two (2) volumes, deluxe edition uniformly bound in publisher's ivory buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt with pink rose florette on front cover of each volume, deckled text block edges with top edges in gilt (also issued in blue cloth decorated in blind, with no apparent priority). Minor soiling to covers, spine panels mildly tanned. Firm bindings, clean interiors. Portions of endpapers tanned. xxxvi,354 + ix,352,viii pp., frontis. portrait of author in Vol. I. Dust jackets show shallow loss to spine extremities (Vol. I loss to about 1" at head), with a few areas of shallow loss and/or creasing along edges, tanned spine panels, now in mylar. (Vol. II dust jacket mislabeled as Vol. I on front panel, likely common to all copies, but correctly labeled on spine panel, and is sized approx. 1/4" taller than binding.) Slip of paper inscribed "Sacramentum Regis" in Waite's hand formerly mounted on upper front flyleaf, now loose, with tape ghosting to both the paper (not affecting the signature itself) and to the flyleaf; Waite occasionally inscribed some or all of the Latin motto of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, "Sacramentum Regis Abscondere Bonum Est," in lieu of a signature per se. Scarce in any form, particularly in jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Collected Poems of Arthur Edward Waite [Vol. I + II, Complete, SIGNED]
• Publisher: William Rider and Son, Ltd., London
• Publication Date: 1914
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good-VG
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Esoteric Studies
  • Poetry