Item #10911 The Spoor of Spooks and Other Nonsense. Bergen EVANS.

The Spoor of Spooks and Other Nonsense.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. iv + 296pp, xiipp. Original green cloth with gilt title, etc to spine, blind stamped illustration on front cover, index. "Couched in sparklingly humorous terms, this is a basically serious frontal assault -with intent to maim -on illogic, wishful thinking, and cockeyed gullibility." The author pillories many popularly held occult beliefs, superstitions, myths, common assumptions, etc. such as ghosts, ESP, homing dogs, talking horses, dowsing, the concept of the 'Dark Ages', the belief in soul mates and love at first sight, alternative medicines, etc. etc Cloth lightly faded and rubbed at edges, spine ends a little bruised, otherwise a solid, clean VG+ copy in Good dust jacket. (Dust jacket spine darkened, all edges a little rubbed & lightly chipped, not clipped, dust jacket now protected by a removable mylar sleeve). Item #10911

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