Upward Steps of Seventy Years: Autobiographic, Biographic, Historic.
New York: John W. Lovell Co., 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 308pp. Original brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Reflections by Giles Badger Stebbins (1817 - 1900), and active abolitionist and social reformer, who also took an interest in Spiritualism and Psychical Research. Chapters include: Transcendentalism; Anti-Slavery; The Friends - Quakerism; The World's Helpers and Light-Bringers; Spiritualism - Natural Religion (with sections on Slate Writing, Spirits described, Piano in the air, Spirit portraits, etc.); Psychic Science Research (sections on The Spiritual Body, Painless Surgery, Psychometry, etc. etc.); and Religious Outlook - Coming Reforms." Spine & boards rubbed and quite worn overall, spine ends & corners of boards well chafed, spine lettering rubbed, page-edges browned, small WWI printed sticker showing an injured soldier asking the reader to buy W.S.S. [ War Savings Stamps ] affixed to front free endpaper, slight split starting between pages 48 and 49, a few pages untidily opened on fore-edges causing chipping, some scattered browning, owner name at top of title-page, else a solid just Good copy (no dust jacket). Item #44196
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