THE BOOK OF BLUE AND GOLD (SIGNED)
Washington DC: Ida Perfect Lautermilch, 1951. Limited first edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.2 in. x 5.2 in., pp. 75. Inscribed and signed by the author on the dedication page. Limited edition: #287 (with "287" hand-stamped in ink to front free endpaper). Blue cloth boards with gilt title and rising sun design to front. Light shelfwear to edges, with a felt-tipped "X" to front board, bottom edge, and top corner of front free endpaper. Light age-toning to pages. Unmarked interior, save the signatrure. Spine and hinges tight. Very Good. Item #100821
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Virtually nothing is published on Ida Mathilda Perfect (1875-1956). She was born in Skede, Sweden as one of ten children. The surname "Perfect" is an established family name historically found in Ohio and Indiana.Marriage: She married into the Lautermilch family, who have deep 19th-century roots in Ohio. Historical records from 1952 show that Ida Perfect Lautermilch maintained a P.O. Box at the Fort Davis Station in Washington D.C.
During the 1940s and 1950s, Mary Nelson, to whom the book is dedicated, was a prominent figure within the Washington D.C. spiritualist and esoteric movements. She was an independent teacher of metaphysics, intuition, and spiritual healing.
Price: $225.00