Mata the Magician A Romance of The New Era Isabella Ingalese
Publication: 1901 The Occult Book Concern Third Edition
An occult novel which takes place in early 1800s New York. Ingalese attempts to express certain esoteric principles through fictional stories. The themes of magic, good vs evil, spiritual initiation, etc. underlies the work.
Condition: publishers blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and upper board with decorative designs, the book is worn along the spine with the title faded, spine ends and corners fraying, soiling to boards, sewn binding has kept the book naturally loose but still firm, book plate to paste down, contemporary signature to flyleaf of a Webster P. Taylor, the pages are clean, overall in Acceptable condition only