Second Hand / Antiquarian
A Pixie’s Adventures in Humanland by Jean Delaire
Published: Theosophical Publishing House Ltd, London 1927
This is first edition of a rare fantasy novel follows Pixie as he ventures into Humanland, meeting a woman named Eileen whom he invites to Pixieland. Jean Delair is a pseudonym for Pauline Celestine Elise Touchemolin, a theosophical author, who also wrote under the name of Mrs E. Castle Leaver.
Condition: Good, no just jacket. An ex-library book, from the Besant Memorial Library. Boards are in good condition, no bumps or frayed edges. Binding is firm, pages are clean and unmarked.
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Ethel Archer (1885-1962), the daughter of a clergyman, was born in Sussex, and expelled from school at the age of fourteen for asking questions in Scripture class. In 1908 she married the aspiring artist Eugene Wieland, and lived with him in West London. The couple made the acquaintance of Aleister Crowley, joined his A∴A∴ magical organization, and set up a publishing company called Wieland and Co., to publish Crowley’s periodical The Equinox, as well as other texts, including Archer’s first poetry collection The Whirlpool (1911). She published two other books, Phantasy and Other Poems (1930) and the occult novel The Hieroglyph (1932).
This 32-page chapbook assembles together twelve poems never collected in the author’s lifetime, which originally appeared in such places as The Equinox and The Occult Review.
Paperback.