Title: The Celestial Ship of the North, Volumes I and II
Author: Emma Valentia Straiton (1858-1948)
Publisher: Albert & Charles Boni
City: New York
Date & Edition: 1927, First Edition
Binding : Black cloth with gilt, cardboard slipcase
Pages: Volume I - 253 pages; Volume II - 273 pages
Illustrations: Abundantly illustrated with black and white Art Deco-style drawings - see photos for list of illustrations in each volume
Book Details: This is a scarce, early, comprehensive, and highly influential volume of occult wisdom. The author, the daughter of a tobacco mogul, was a founding director of “The League to Stay Young” on Long Island. Straiton’s work melds a variety of spiritual and philosophical traditions including Christianity, Hinduism, and Theosophy. It blends religion, symbolism, mythology, astrology, Egyptology, and much more.
Condition: Both volumes have clean covers with minimal shelf wear. The bindings are tight. The pages are in very good condition, with no significant toning. Volume II has scant underlining, more towards the earlier part of the book. Inside the front cover of Volume II is an astrological chart drawn in red ink for the Anglo German Oil Co., founded April 4, 1908 in London.
The slipcover has significant wear and rubbing to its edges and is split at the top front edge, as can be seen in the photos.
Title: The Celestial Ship of the North, Volumes I and II
Author: Emma Valentia Straiton (1858-1948)
Publisher: Albert & Charles Boni
City: New York
Date & Edition: 1927, First Edition
Binding : Black cloth with gilt, cardboard slipcase
Pages: Volume I - 253 pages; Volume II - 273 pages
Illustrations: Abundantly illustrated with black and white Art Deco-style drawings - see photos for list of illustrations in each volume
Book Details: This is a scarce, early, comprehensive, and highly influential volume of occult wisdom. The author, the daughter of a tobacco mogul, was a founding director of “The League to Stay Young” on Long Island. Straiton’s work melds a variety of spiritual and philosophical traditions including Christianity, Hinduism, and Theosophy. It blends religion, symbolism, mythology, astrology, Egyptology, and much more.
Condition: Both volumes have clean covers with minimal shelf wear. The bindings are tight. The pages are in very good condition, with no significant toning. Volume II has scant underlining, more towards the earlier part of the book. Inside the front cover of Volume II is an astrological chart drawn in red ink for the Anglo German Oil Co., founded April 4, 1908 in London.
The slipcover has significant wear and rubbing to its edges and is split at the top front edge, as can be seen in the photos.
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