El Reshid
- Hardcover
- Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1900
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1900. Early issue. Hardcover. Good +. 437pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red cloth over boards, with lettering in gilt and ornamental embellishments in black. The spine is a hair faded, the front hinge is a little weak, and the text block is cracked several times near the end. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer John Ruyle. This book was first published anonymously in 1899. With an order of Olympians, an occult society with psychic powers and eternal youth.
From the Preface-
"El Reshid is a hard nut to crack for these who believe in nothing except that which the five senses demonstrate; and a still harder to the devotees of the pseudo Mahatma, who materializes letters, precious stones and roses on one side of the globe, while his sacred body lies in a dead trance on the other.
From the Preface-
"El Reshid is a hard nut to crack for these who believe in nothing except that which the five senses demonstrate; and a still harder to the devotees of the pseudo Mahatma, who materializes letters, precious stones and roses on one side of the globe, while his sacred body lies in a dead trance on the other.