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1889066123F. J. Needham 1889. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Maroon cloth with red gold and silver stampings. F. J. Needham Hardcover
1855043451Paris: S'Imprime et Se Vend Chez 1855. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Likely rebound copy in quarter brown cloth. Hinge a bit sprung at page 715 but still tight otherwise foxing to pages. French language. S'Imprime et Se Vend Chez Hardcover
1891048996Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith 1891. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book n.d.Preface dated 1891.Signature on title page. J. W. Arrowsmith hardcover
1896000786Boston: Banner of Light Publishing Co. 1896. Fourth edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. 423 1. 2 illustrations with the text. Bound in dark green publishers cloth. Extremities show rubbing and wear. The bottom part of the rear cover is quite stained and discolored. Small tears are visible on the head and tail of the spine. A name and date are penciled on the front free end paper. A few tiny spots of staining are present on p. 62. Interior pages are generally clean. A couple of tiny marginal tears pp. 5-8 are neatly sealed. Pages 97-98 contain two wood engraved illustrations "Jay J. Hartman spirit artist" with ghost and "test spirit photograph." Samuel Watson was an American Methodist minister and a believer in spiritualism. Contains chapters on "harmony of religions" "writing mediums" "materialization" "philosophy of spirit control" :Biblical history" "death or transition and what follows." Chapters are also included discussing various spirit communications. First printed in New York 1880. <br/> <br/> Banner of Light Publishing Co. hardcover
18953894K<p>Boston: Geo. H. Ellis 1895. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. VG. 8vo 116pp dark green cloth stamped in gold. The rare original 1895 edition of this appreciative study of the great New Thought pioneer by a noted woman healer. Sound copy with some marginalia; two period owner names to first interior page; title written on spine.</p> Boston: Geo. H. Ellis hardcover
1834002279New York: Owen Phelan 1834. First or Early American edition. 1834. Fair condition. Light scattered foxing. Most of black leather spine label has perished. Chip at top of spine. Evidence of "bio-predation" some creature has gnawed along one edge of the leather cover -- about two inches. Small marginal worm hole text is not affected. Lacks front flyleaf. Better than it sounds. Binding is square and tight. Hinges/joints are perfectly sound. The full leather binding is contemporary "sprinkled" calf i.e. intentionally and in this case attractively speckled to achieve a marbled paper-like effect. First published in 1777 as THE CHAMPION OF VIRTUE the book has been frequently reprinted under the present title. Although early London printings are available in abundance early United States printings appear to be exceedingly scarce. "A Gothic novel derivative from Horace Walpole's THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. includes some supernaturalism in the haunted chambers of the castle." -- Bleiler 1374 GUIDE TO SUPERNATURAL FICTION. "Reeve gets credit for installing Gothic literature's first haunted chamber within the castle complex." -- Tymn 1-322 HORROR LITERATURE A CORE COLLECTION AND REFERENCE GUIDE. American Imprints 26489. Also cited in Hubin Montague Summers THE GOTHIC QUEST etc. . First or Early American edition. Hardcover. Fair condition. 12mo. vi 162pp. Owen Phelan Hardcover
1856000566Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1856. First American edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First U.S. Edition. 8vo. pp. 159 5 blank; 11 1 adverts. Bound in original brown blind stamped publishers cloth. A tight and attractive copy with minor professional repairs to the head cap and to the fore-edge of the front cover. The rear blank free end paper is lacking. The interior pages are generally clean; many leaves are still uncut / unopened. James Philip Bailey 1816-1902 was a British spasmodic poet best known for his long poem "Festus." His book "The Mystic and other poems" first printed in London 1855 describes the journey of the divine soul or spirit. The work contains wild visionary cosmological and esoteric imagery i.e. "Thence hawk-like through the purgatorial air / And many-regioned aether peaceful pure / Soul-quickening soared he to the crescent moon / And sailed the skys abysmal sea of suns / In ark crystalline manned by beamy gods / To drag the deeps of space and net the stars <br/> <br/> Ticknor and Fields hardcover
1854057237Boston: Private by Author 1854. Book. Binding Copy. Hardcover. First Edition. This book was rebound at some point that binding has also begun to fail. Previous owner has remedied this with paper spine label and scotch tape reinforcement to spine leather and interior hinge at front endpage and copyright page. Contents in Good condition with some moderate age toning/foxing. 236pp. . Private by Author Hardcover
1895012719Chicago: McClurg 1895 near VG but rubbed to corners and spine ends as well as to the joints front hinge loose and cracked pencil and pen names to fep scattered foxing mainly to closed edges. xvii 409pp. This is an analysis of paranormal activity and psychic phenomena. It covers topics such as duality suggestion memory hypnotism crime psycho-therapeutics mental therapeutics spiritism suspended animation and the physical manifestations and philosophy of Christ. This is the book that inspired H. Spencer Lewis the founder of the modern day Rosicrucian Order AMORC to begin his early studies into mysticism. reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. McClurg hardcover
1894000025New Haven Connecticut: The Our Race Publishing Company 1894. Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. Square and tight. Small rust stain to edge of rear cover. SEE PHOTOS. 196pp. about 90 pages of ads and sample pages from other publications by Totten. including 10 page "The Our Race News-Leaflet" No. 1 October 1893. Original two-tone binding blue cloth spine and cream-colored sides decorated in red. No owner's name or bookplate. Professor Charles A. L. Totten was a professor of military science at Yale from 1889 to 1892 before leaving to pursue full time his interests in Biblical studies. In his 1890 book JOSHUA'S LONG DAY AND THE DIAL OF AHAZ he "proved" that 23 hours and 20 minutes were lost out of time when the sun stood still for Joshua and another 40 minutes disappeared when the sundial went backwards for Hezekiah essentially the same story NASA engineer Harold Hill turned into an urban legend in 1970 . Totten investigated and promoted a wide array of unusual beliefs such as the pyramid theories of Piazzi Smith spiritualism and Swedenborgianism. Although he did not invent the theory he was an enthusiastic proponent of Anglo-Israelism or British-Israelism the belief that the "lost" ten tribes of Israel became the modern Anglo-Saxon peoples of Britain Canada the U.S.A. and Northwestern Europe. This book appears to run along similar lines with lots of mathematical and calendar wizardry. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 12mo. 196pp. about 90 pages. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Our Race Publishing Company Hardcover
1894049186Madras: The Proprietors of the Theosophist 1894. Only Authorised Edition. Half Leather. Acceptable/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 93pp.27pp.Explanatory Catalogue of Theosophical Books at rear.Leather spine and corners heavily rubbed and marked.Base of endpapers and pastedowns a little marked.Previous owner's stamp on ffep. The Proprietors of the Theosophist hardcover
1829728400Bristol: Printed for the Editor by Philip Rose 1829. Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Original pages of 1829 edition rebound with modern card covers. Title page has been copied and affixed to front cover. 63pp plus notes 9pp. Rubbing and wear to page edges with several small closed tears. A scarce and unusual item. Printed for the Editor by Philip Rose paperback
1891054382New York: Wilbur B. Ketcham 1891. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 238pp. Wilbur B. Ketcham Hardcover
1886047144Bath: Privately Printed for Subscribers 1886. Book. Fair. Paperback. Limited Edition. Original wrappers chipped and toned with portions of outer spine paper missing. Contents well preserved with only moderate foxing to edges. Limited to 250 copies. This carries an additional title page: "The Count of Gabalis; or The extravagant mysteries of the Cabalists exposed in five pleasant discourses on the secret sciences. Done into English by P.A. Gent. ." 136pp. Privately Printed for Subscribers Paperback
1890SZEPEBKS007875ISt. Louis: J. H. Chambers & Co. 1890. No Binding. Good. Title continues: " . Male and Female Single and Married the Curious and Thoughtful for Thinkers Lovers of the Lost Arts for Believers in the Divine Science of Natural and Celestial Magic Dreams Omens Spells Charms Enchantments Incantations Etc Etc." - 12mo. - 4446 pp. - Original plain black wrappers front cover and some small pieces gone. - Interior very fine. - Profusely illustrated with 22 full-page engravings including frontispiece small text vignettes as well as head- and tail-pieces and initials. - VERY RARE: WorldCat locates only a single copy Huntington <br/> <br/> J. H. Chambers & Co. unknown
185723696New York : Kigggins & Kellogg 1857 . First Edition . Good . 8VO . An early debunking of Spiritualism. Bound in gilt and blind stamped brown cloth. Covers worn head of spine eroded. Some foxing particularly in the early and later pages. Kigggins & Kellogg hardcover
1894042175London: W Foulsham & Co Ltd 1894. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Scarce! Finger smudges to cloth and exterior page edges mustiness. Text clean 212pp. Original price of one shilling. W Foulsham & Co Ltd Hardcover
1875000317Leipzig: B.G. Teubner 1875. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. XI 1 507 1. Bound in quarter brown morocco. Rubbing to extremities and corners; some discoloration and rubbing on the third panel of the spine due to a former shelf label. A "withdrawn" sticker is pasted on the inside front cover. A library blind stamp is located on the title page and on p.55. Interior is otherwise clean. Second edition enlarged with 6 additional essays. Contains articles on ethics and religion in ancient Greece with discussions on gods demi-gods and damons. Karl Ludwig Lehrs 1802-1878 was a professor of ancient Greek philology at Königsburg University. <br/> <br/> B.G. Teubner hardcover
1854043452Paris: S'Imprime et Se Vend Chez 1854. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Oversized will exceed standard shipping rates for international options. Rebound copy in brown quarter cloth over gray boards. Foxing to a few pages. French language. S'Imprime et Se Vend Chez Hardcover
1894000531Brooklyn N.Y.: Eagle Book Printing 1894. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. xiii 1 262. With6 photo plates including the frontispiece depicting Mollie Fancher in a trance. Bound in maroon publishers cloth. Spine is lightly faded; some minor spots of rubbing and bumping. A name with a date 1895 is printed on the front free fly leaf. Interior pages are clean. Mollie Fancher d.1916 was a Brooklyn woman who suffered two accidents at the age of 17 and as a result became bind and partially paralyzed. Afterwards she displayed signs of supposed clairvoyance and split personality. She was also able to exist for long periods with little or no food. Witnesses testified to her being able to read books and letters clairvoyantly as well as identify lost objects. Over time Fancher became "possessed" or plagued by several different personalities with names such as Sunbeam Idol and Rosebud Shepard Encyc. of Occultism I p.323-24. Crabtree 1361; Besterman p. 99. <br/> <br/> [Eagle Book Printing] hardcover
1828001108Boston: T.R. Marvin 1828. 1st Edition . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. 156p. Bound in original quarter gray-brown cloth with paper boards and paper spine label. Spine head cap neatly restored. Boards contain some rubbing and wear. A name is printed in an early hand on the front free fly-leaf. Interior pages are generally clean. Corner crease is present on p. 123. Canonicus is the pseudonym of William Shedd 1797-1830 a New England evangelist preacher who was minister for one year at Abington Ma. His "Letters" addressed to William E. Channing 1780-1842 the influential Boston Unitarian preacher were written in opposition to Unitarian tendencies to deny the agency and personal existence of the devil and his angels. The author with the use of Biblical scripture argues for the existence of Satan and of fallen spirits. <br/> <br/> T.R. Marvin hardcover
1900000676Paris: Albin Michel c. 1900 - 1919 1900. Wraps. See Description. Small 8vo. 48p. Bound in original publishers paper wraps. Some rubbing and wear present to the wraps and extremities. Pages are age-toned due to the quality of the paper but not overly brittle. An ownership stamp is present on the half title. The bottom corner tips of the last four leaves and the rear wrap are chipped. .A small treatise on cryptography or secret codes. Includes some depictions of charts or grids. <br/> <br/> Albin Michel [c. 1900 - 1919 ] paperback
1868044238Neuchatel: Imprimerie De James Attinger 1868. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 512pp. Three quarter cloth with marbled boards owner name on fly edges rubbed. Text clean. Imprimerie De James Attinger Hardcover
1891045015Paris: Librairie J. B. Bailliere et Fils 1891. Book. Good. Paperback. Front cover nearly detached but protected inside tissue jacket age toning to pages. 320pp. Librairie J. B. Bailliere et Fils Paperback
1887000848Paris: A la Librairie Illustrée c. 1887 - 1907 1887. Wraps. See Description. 8vo. pp. 4 308. Bound in original color illustrated publishers wraps depicting a man hypnotizing a woman. The same image is present in black and white on the title page. Head and tail caps are professionally repaired. The wraps show wear to the extremities as well as some age-toning soiling spotting mild edge chipping etc. The text block is loosely sewn with a single stitch through each gathering. Interior pages contain periodic spots of marginal foxing. A few minor marginal tears are neatly sealed. The upper edge of page 69 is chipped 1 x 0.5 cm. According to Crabtree this work is "a critical evaluation of the nature of hypnotism and somnambulism. The author sees imagination as the central element" Crabtree p. 276. Chapter XI discusses modern witchcraft "diatribe contre le livre préceédent de Charles Richet" Yve-Plessis. This is possibly the second edition. Apparently two editions of Fonvielles "Les endormeurs" were printed neither of which carried a date. The first edition appeared in 1887 and the second in 1907. Caillet and Crabtree list the printer of the 1887 edition as Henry du Parc. The Bibliotheque nationale however assigns the date 1887 to an edition printed by la Librairie illustrée. Crabtree 1170; Caillet 4085; Besterman p. 139; Yve-Plessis 813. <br/> <br/> A la Librairie Illustrée [c. 1887 - 1907 ] paperback