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Lindsay, Ruth Temple.
The Hermit of Dreams.
Publisher: Herbert & Daniel, London;
Date of Publication: 1911
Stock Code: 15538
First edition. Duodecimo, pp., [viii], 171, [1], [4] of publisher’s advertisements, plus 3 photolithographic plates by Claude Allin Shepperson, as called for. Publisher’s original heather buckram; titled in gilt to spine; wreath vignette to upper board in gilt; white end-papers. ‘With the Publishers Compliments’ ink stamp to front free end-paper and half-title. Blind stamp of the Edinburgh Theosophical Society Library to front free end-paper; library stickers to foot of spine. Spine sunned; adhesive to foot of spine; soiling and fading to cloth; top edge dusty; textblock a touch cocked. First plate detached. A complete, working copy. A collection of five short stories on Christian mysticist themes, related to the narrator by the titular hermit. The conversational stories concern subjects such as the imagination, willpower, love, and equality. £35.00