The Dance of Life
Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. Second impression. 8vo, 377pp. Warm gift inscription to [Blanche] DeVries on the front fly. Modern Indian binding of soft red leather tooled in gilt with brown spine label and gilt lettering, speckled page edges, marbled endpapers. Few pencil annotations and marginal markings, presumably by DeVries. Near fine copy in attractive binding, housed in a cloth covered slipcase.
Pioneering woman Yoga guru, Blanche DeVries' copy of Ellis's popular philosophical work on understanding ourselves and the world by perceiving life as a dance. This copy bears a warm gift inscription on the front fly:
"To DeVries - a dancer of Life, of Time, Strength, Imagination and Grace - in the Theater of Karma. In appreciation, Hawley."
From our research, it seems Hawley was the lodge name of a Mrs. Loring Andrews, a prominent woman teacher in Bernard's Tantric Order.
An interesting copy with ties to multiple philosophical and cultural movements of the early 20th century.
Price: $300.00