Words to the Wise:

A practical guide to the Occult Sciences

by Manly P. Hall 

First edition.  Los Angeles, CA:  Philosophical Research Society Press, 1936  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Dark green covers have blind tooled frame.  Boards show some smudges, bumps, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, scuffed with exposed board.  See photos. 
• Spine has gilt text effaced and is sunned, with frayed ends.  A one-inch split at shoulder.  See photos.
• Binding is secure; front board is loose at head end.    
• Pastedowns and feps have some toning. 
• Ephemera, a 1956 lecture announcement, is interleaved at front cover.  
• Interior is gently age-toned. 
• Inside pages have some marginalia at pg. 27. 
• PS2025.0313

172 pages. 6 x 9 inches

Very Good copy of this scarce First Edition.  Publisher's dark green covers, gilt on spine is dimmed and spine panel sunned.  Interesting ephemera interleaved -- an announcement of a lecture series on The Evolution of the Human Personality slated for 1956 in New York City.

Manly P. Hall (1901-1990) was a lecturer and writer and founder of the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles.  Known as an authority on comparative religion, he is best known for his writings on esoteric arts and sciences in the ancient world.

Stated First Edition.  

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