The Sea Priestess

Dion Fortune

Published by Privately Published, 1938

'Half hypnotized by the moon, I let my mind range beyond time to the beginning. I saw the vast sea of infinite space, indigo-dark in the Night of the Gods; and it seemed to me that in the darkness and silence must be the seed of all being Dion Fortune's fourth novel, often regarded as her most important work of fiction. An exploration of magic and the Great Goddess. She writes This is a book with an undercurrent: upon the surface a romance; underneath a thesis upon the theme: All woman are Isis, and Isis is all women. London: Privately Published, 1938. First edition, first printing. Published By The Author at 'The Fraternity of Inner Light's' 3 Queensborough Terrance. Hardcover. 316pp + 2pp of adverts. Original light blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, the boards are faded and the spine has a slight lean, a few small chips to the unclipped jacket which has some spotting to the front, not price-clipped, a signature by a previous owner is on the front-end paper with off-setting to half of the page, corners rubbed, foxing to the text block, text clean. A very good copy in the scarce jacket. Dion Fortune was born Violet Mary Firth Evans, on December 6, 1890 in Llandudno. Seller Inventory # ABE-1720015930789

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Sea Priestess
Publisher: Privately Published
Publication Date: 1938
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition