The Undiscovered Country: A Sequence of Spirit-Messages Describing Death and the After-World; Selected From Published and Unpublished Automatic Writings 1874-1918
London: Cassell, 1918. First "Cheap" Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xxii + 270pp. Original paper covered boards with dark brown titling to upper cover and spine. Notation on upper board that "This Work can only be obtained at the offices of 'LIGHT', Queen Square of London." A collection of automatic writings which offer a glimpse into life after death, with an enthusiastic introduction on the subject by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Light overall rubbing to covers and edges, spine a bit canted, creased & chipped at edges and ends, page-edges lightly thumbed, endpapers unevenly browned & foxed, pages toned with some scattered browning. Offset to several pages from placement of a page marker and underlining on 3 page - otherwise a solid, near VG copy of this unusual edition. Item #44240
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