London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 252pp. Brown cloth lettered in black on spine. After his wife developed a talent for automatic writing, the author, British clergyman Reverend G. Vale Owen (1869-1931) found himself a believer in Spiritualism - and felt compelled to take up pen... More about The Life Beyond the Veil - The Battalions of Heaven: Spirit Messages received and set down

London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited, ND (1937). First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 62pp. Grey paper jacket over plain card covers, jacket titled in blue on upper cover and spine, b&w frontis and illustrations by the author. The author, a geographer and writer - feels that his "scientific" background gives him..... More about Recent Psychic Experiences

Boston, MA: James Munroe, 1850. First Edition Thus [ Revised ]. Hardcover. Octavo. 252pp. + viii + 122pp. Original black cloth, boards decorated in blind, gilt-lettered on spine, b/w illustrations, appendix. The author, J. Stanley Grimes, was a committed phrenologist, who believed that phrenology was the principal science of human... More about Etherology, and the Phreno-Philosophy of Mesmerism and Magic Eloquence: Including a New...

London: Duckworth, 1905. First English Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxiv + 448pp. Maroon cloth lettered & decorated in gilt on spine. top-edge gilt, appendixes. The scarce first English edition of "Les Phenomenes Psychiques" (1903), an important work on psychical research by Joseph Maxwell, a French lawyer and medical doctor who... More about Metapsychical Phenomena: Methods and Observations - Also with a New Chapter containing 'A Complex...

Stirling, Scotland: Eneas Mackay, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 118pp + ii adverts. Original light brown cloth with dark lettering to spine. Thirteen stories of second-sight or premonitions that came true. Scarce in first edition. Although not marked as such, this copy from the collection of Dr. M. H.... More about Foretold. Stories of Modern Second Sight

Halifax: Spiritualists National Union, 1913. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Booklet. 48pp. Stapled printed wrappers, adverts. Collection of three articles on the subject of spiritualism. Number VII in the 'Propaganda Publications' series published by the Spiritualists National Union. The short report on Spiritualism in New Zealand, by the President of the... More about 'The Progress and Purpose of Spiritualism' by Dr. J. M. Peebles / 'The Actual Position of...

London: F. V. White & Co., 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 300pp. Original green lettered in gilt on spine, lettered & ruled in red on front board, patterned endpapers. A first edition of this work by British novelist, Florence Marryat (1833 – 1899) who was known for her... More about The Spirit World; In One Volume

Toronto: NP ( College Press ), ND ( 1916 ). First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 156pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. B/w illustrations. The author was the Secretary of the Canadian Society for Psychical Research and the author of "The Angel and the Book" and... More about The Voice of the Spirit, being A Record of Six Occult Seances of the W. T. Stead Bureau Committee...

Boston, MA: Otis Clapp, 1859. Third Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 138pp. Original brown cloth decorated in blind, lettered in gilt on spine. A collection of five lectures on the phenomena of spiritualism by a minister of the New Jerusalem Temple (a Swedenborgian Church) of Portland Maine, entitled: "The Doctrine of... More about On the Phenomena of Modern Spiritualism

Los Angeles, CA / Battle Creek, MI: Peebles Publishing Co., ND [ Copyright 1904 ]. "Tenth edition" Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 382pp + iv. Bright blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board, gilt globe device on upper cover, b&w frontisportrait. In this volume James Martin Peebles... More about The Demonism of the Ages, Spirit Obsessions so common in Spiritism, Oriental and Occidental...

Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. [viii] + 294pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Afterword and Index. Several b/w illustrations. From the publisher: "Historians of modern British culture have long assumed that under pressure from secular forces, interest in spiritualism... More about Spiritualism and British Society between the Wars

London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1843. First English language edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xiv + 406pp + 10pp ads. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine, decorative blind borders to both boards. A comprehensive practical manual on the medical use of animal magnetism / mesmerism which commences with an extensive history... More about A Practical Manual of Animal Magnetism: containing an Exposition of the Methods employed in...

Santa Rosa, California: Privately printed, 1891. First edition, deluxe. 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... More about God's Breath In Man and in Humane Society