Evelyn Underhill. Column of Dust. London: Methuen & Co., 1909.
pp. 304, 29 p of ads, with final two pages uncut. Foxed throughout, mostly along fore edge margins, but particularly heavy on title page and ads. Minor abrasions to bottom fore edges of pages. O. J. Woodhouse ownership inscription on front pastedown. Blue publisher's cloth binding, with art nouveau style decoration on spine in gilt around title and author. Overall GOOD condition.
Written before Evelyn Underhill's major works of Christian mysticism, the Column of Dust (in concert with the Grey World and the Lost Word), the Column of Dust about a woman named Constance Tyrrel who accidentally summons a disembodied spirit, appearing as a column of dust, while exploring old books in a bookshop.