[Rarebooks] Offering: Dion Fortune, including her rare 3rd book

[Michael John Thompson]

1.  FORTUNE, Dion [writing under her baptismal 
name, Violet Mary Firth]. MATINS AND VESPERS 
[being songs and prayers of the daily orisons 
written by Violet M. Firth for the glory of God 
and the comfort of men]. San Francisco: Paul 
Elder and Company [1911]. First Edition, First 
Printing. First Edition. Small oblong octavo (13 
x 16 cm), original printed wrappers, sewn at 
spine. 16 unnumbered pages, printed printed 
throughout in light blue, red and black. Wrappers 
a little chipped at the edges; a very good copy. Rare.
¶ "Published by Paul Elder and Company and 
printed for them by their Tomoye´ Press under the 
direction of John Henry Nash, at their Shop in 
the City of San Francisco, which lieth at the 
Gateway to the Golden West." The author's third book.                 $650.00

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2.  FORTUNE, Dion [pseudonym of Violet Mary 
Firth]. THE SECRETS OF DR. TAVERNER. London: Noel 
Douglas. [1926]. First Edition, First Printing. 
First Edition. Octavo, original publisher's green 
cloth titled in black on spine panel. 253 pp. 
Spine panel a bit faded, lettering very bright; a 
near fine, attractive copy. ¶ A collection of 
Occult Detective stories. "Dr. Taverner' runs a 
nursing home for people with unusual mental 
disorders. He is assisted in the care of these 
patients by Dr. Rhodes, the medical 
superintendent, and narrator of the stories. The 
tales run the gamut of the occult and the 
supernatural and include vampirism, astral 
projection, necromancy, cursed objects, spirit 
communication, spectral manifestations, and very 
often mind control. A classic collection, rare in 
the first edition.                 $1,250.00

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3.  FORTUNE, Dion [pseudonym of Violet Mary 
Firth]. THE WINGED BULL. A Romance of Modern 
Magic. London: Williams & Norgate Ltd. [1935]. 
First Edition, First Printing. First Edition. 
Octavo, original publisher's brown cloth titled 
in gilt on spine panel, top page edges stained 
brown. 323 pp. Neat ink name on front free 
endpaper, top page edges faded, a fine, bright 
copy in the original publisher's pictorial dust 
jacket (priced at 7s 6d) which has a couple of 
minor chips at spine tips, and a couple of tiny 
stains at base of spine panel. A very nice copy.
¶ Weird story of a woman who has become sexually 
enslaved to a group of black magicians.                $350.00

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4.  FORTUNE, Dion [pseudonym of Violet Mary 
Firth]. THE GOAT-FOOT GOD. London: Williams & 
Norgate Ltd. [1936]. First Edition, First 
Printing. First Edition.Octavo, original 
publisher's dark blue cloth bordered in blind on 
front panel, gilt titles on spine, top edges 
stained blue. 383 pp + [1] pp ads at rear. A fine 
copy in the original publisher's pictorial dust 
jacket printed in green on red backed paper. Top 
page edges somewhat faded, but essentially a 
fine, bright copy in dust jacket (priced 7s 6d at 
base of front flap, changed in ink by the 
publisher to 10s 6d). The jacket is very lightly 
tanned on the spine panel and has one short, 
closed tear at base of front spine hinge but is 
overall bright and very attractive. An excellent 
copy. ¶ Weird novel of a man who, upon deciding 
to study the occult, encounters a curious 
bookshop run by an ex-monk who collects books 
dealing with strange lore. Together they discover 
an ancient monastery where a prior who practised 
strange rites was walled up to die.            $750.00

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5.  FORTUNE, Dion [pseudonym of Violet Mary 
Firth]. THE SEA-PRIESTESS. London: Published by 
the Author. [1938]. First Edition, First 
Printing. First Edition. Octavo, original 
publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to 
spine, top edges stained blue. 316 pp + [2] pp 
ads at rear. Spine panel a touch darkened, blue 
stain on top page edges faded, minor browning to 
endpapers; a very good to near fine copy in the 
original publisher's dust jacket printed in dark 
blue on on grey/brown stock. The jacket is 
price-clipped, has some minor foxing, a bit of 
very trifling rubbing / wear at the spine tips, 
and a slightly darkened spine panel. Overall, a 
very fresh and clean copy in the rare dust 
jacket. ¶ Weird novel of Reincarnation and 
Ancient Egyptian Magic. The last of Dion 
Fortune's occult novels to be published in her 
lifetime, and, in the opinion of many, her 
greatest literary achievement.              $850.00

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6.  FORTUNE, Dion [pseudonym of Violet Mary 
Firth]. MOON MAGIC. Being the Memoirs of a 
Mistress of that Art. London: The Aquarian Press. 
1956. First Edition, First Printing. First 
Edition. Octavo, publisher's dark blue cloth 
titled in gilt on spine panel. 241 pp. Bookplate 
of the 'Truth Research Foundation' on front 
paste-down, otherwise and overall a fine copy in 
the original publisher's pictorial dust jacket 
which has one closed small tear to the bottom 
edge of the rear panel and is price-clipped. A sharp, clean copy.
¶ Weird occult novel, the sequel to 'The Sea 
Priestess' (1938). Dion Fortune's last occult 
novel, published 10 years after her death.           $150.00

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