London: Burnes, Oates & Washbourne, 1928. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 28pp. Original orange wrappers lettered in black. Owen Francis Dudley (1882-1952) was an English Catholic priest who was best known as a novelist. In this monograph he rails against spiritualism - his aversion to it illustrated by the profile... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, ND [ Circa 1910 ]. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 318pp. Original red cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, b&w frontis & illustrations, index. George Barton Cutten (1874–1962) was a Canadian-born psychologist, moral philosopher, historian and university administrator who... More
NP [ Kensington UK ]: Privately published / Printed by Welbecson Press Ltd, 1930. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 32pp. Original brown wrappers lettered in black. An unusual essay published anonymously but now attributed to Frederick Bligh Bond (some sources suggest in collaboration with Harry Price). From the collection of Dr... More
Chicago: Open Court Publishing Co, 1908. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Large octavo. iv + 50pp + x pp adverts. Original blue wrappers with black lettering to upper cover, white cloth binder's tape reinforcement to spine, b&w frontis. This copy boldly SIGNED by the author across the second front blank. Abbot... More
London: Published for the Authoress by Tinsley Brothers, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. x + 234pp. Elaborately blind stamped green cloth with gilt titling to spine. The first edition of this volume in which the author sought to fill what she believed was the need for a handbook on... More
London: H. Bailliére, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxiv + 444pp. Original green cloth, boards decorated in blind, with gilt title, etc. to spine. The author, John Archibald Ashburner (1793 - 1878) was an Indian-born doctor who did his medical training in Britain, eventually becoming a a member of... More
London: H. Bailliere and J. Oliver, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 103pp + i advert. Original patterned green cloth with gilt lettering to upper board. Spencer Timothy Hall (1812 – 1885) was an English author, printer, bookseller and mesmerist. An interest in contemporary popular scientific movements led him... More
London: Methuen, 1902. First edition. Hardcovers. Large octavos. Two volumes. xviii + 308pp. + 40pp. ads; xii + 374pp. + 40pp. ads. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spines & front boards. Index. Frank Podmore (1856-1910) was one of the ablest and most balanced contemporary critics of Spiritualism. He wrote widely on... More
London: Rider, ND [ 1931 ]. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 158pp. Original blue cloth gilt lettered on spine. Hunt wrote a number of psychological and other works, including "A Manual of Hypnotism," "The Influence of Thought", as well as essays for "The Occult Review." In this volume Hunt gives... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 122pp. Original blue cloth with black lettered title lable on upper board. Includes a foreword by Sir William F. Barrett and the following chapters: "Human Intercourse & Fellowship", "Value of Spirit Communication", "Spontaneous Appearances and Unsought Manifestations" - followed by eight... More
Headrick, Oklahoma: Ernst & Tolleson, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 286pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on front board, blind publisher's device on upper board. B&W portraits of the two protagonists. An account and transcription of a public debate held in Headrick, Oklahoma, on August 20, 1917, between John W.... More
Sussex: Privately Published/ Aldrington Press, ND [ circa 1960 ]. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 12pp. Original wrappers. The first publication of an essay that won 3rd prize in the Robert Hare Centenary Essay Contest. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, although not marked as such. Wrappers a.... More
Chicago, IL: Nelson-Hall, 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 278pp. Black cloth with silver lettering to spine, notes, bibliography, index, b&w illustrations. The authors examine pseudosciences - including Astrology, Alchemy, Phrenonology, Mesmerism, Spiritualism etc - and compares them to closely related science and medical advances. From the collection of Dr... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. x + 98pp. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine; blind rules to upper board. The Ingersoll Lecture, 1932. The author suggests at the conclusion of this lecture that "eternity holds out the prospect of something unimaginably more than... More
Mokelumne Hill, CA: Health Research, 1969. Fourth Edition. Softcover. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. 24pp. Stapled booklet. Original red textured wrappers with titling in black. Advertisments on inside of wrappers. A reprint of a curious late nineteenth century Spiritualist tract, (falsely) attributed to the English scientist Michael Faraday (1791-1867)... More
Manchester, England: Two Worlds Publishing Company, 1933. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 76pp. Original pale blue wrappers, lettered in black and red and bordered in red, illustrated in black and white. Recently reinforced at spine with black binder's tape. This copy with a lengthy INSCRIPTION by the author to a.... More
Halifax: Spiritualists National Union, Limited, 1911. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Booklet. 72pp. Stapled printed wrappers. This booklet is No. 5 in the 'Propaganda Publications' series. It comprises a selection of experiences and correspondence related to Spiritualism which were taken from the author's autobiography. Wallace (1823-1913), was an advocate of spiritualism... More
Jersey: Neville Spearman, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 286pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. From the jacket: "In virtue of the operations of the psyche much of the disease from which we suffer arises from disasters and illness in previous incarnations. The author reveals also how the power... More
London: Rider & Co., 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 248pp. Original red cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine and front board, one hundred and nineteen b&w illustrations and photos. A collection of numerous case studies of "thoughtography," also known as thermography or psychic photography: the supposed ability to use... More
New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 366pp. Brown cloth ruled in black, lettered in gilt on spine & front board, beveled edges. Several b/w illustrations. The author, William Alexander Hammond (1828-1900), was an American neurologist and one-time surgeon-general of the army (a... More
![[ Experimental Spiritism ] The Mediums' Book, or Guide for Mediums and for Evocations. Containing the Theoretic Teaching of Spirits Concerning All Kinds of Manifestations, the Means of Communication with the Invisible World, the Development of Medianimity, the Difficulties and Dangers that may be Encountered in Practical Spiritism. Being the Sequel to "The Spirits Book" Allan KARDEC, Emma A. Wood.](/pictures/thumb/61435.jpg?v=1541695876)
Boston: Colby and Rich, Publishers, 1874. First English language edition. Hardcover. Octavo. ii + 458pp + vi adverts. Original green cloth gilt-lettered on spine, title and ornate black borders on boards. Allan Kardec (Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail 1804-1869) is the founder of "Spiritism"- "a science that deals with the nature... More
New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1920. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 346pp. Brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. Index. James Hervey Hyslop, (1854 – 1920) was a psychologist, and a psychical researcher as well as teaching ethics and logic at Columbia University. He was the... More
New York, NY: S. R. Wells & Co., 1875. Stereotype edition [ Reprint ]. Hardcover. Small octavo. 252pp + iv adverts. Original black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, blind stamped borders on boards. New Yorker, John Bovee Dods (1795–1872) was a spiritualist, mesmerist, and early psychologist who wrote... More
Santa Rosa, California: Privately printed, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 314pp + (ii) pp catalogue of other works by Thomas Lake Harris. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. There were three issues of the first edition of this title, this being the "Deluxe" edition with top edge gilt and tipped... More
London: Society for Psychical Research, 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 24pp. Original grey wrappers lettered in green, b&w illustration. The speaker (author) presents the hypothesis that all mental or psychic phenomena can be described in terms of physiological mechanism. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, although not marked... More
