Item #46660 Reason and Belief. Sir Oliver LODGE, INSCRIBED.
Reason and Belief.

Reason and Belief.

London: Methuen, 1911. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 212pp. +32pp. ads. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board., gilt borders on upper board. Index. This copy INSCRIBED by the author to Robert Lodge on front free endpaper: "Robert Lodge, with love from the Author. OJL. 4 Dec 1911." Although we cannot say with certainty, this was probably Sir Oliver's uncle, Robert, who is mentioned as supplying a watch which Sir Oliver used in an experiment with the medium Mrs. Leonoara Piper. Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, (1851 – 1940) the British physicist and psychical researcher, who wrote extensively on parapsychology, science, immortality, and "survival after death." In "Reason and Belief" Sir Oliver Lodge, a Chrisian Spiritualist as well as a scientist, seeks to reposition Biblical teachings in the light of scientific discovery, whilst at the same time defending their core values. Top of spine a little rubbed, endpapers unevenly darkened, top-edge lightly browned, page-edges foxed, occasional spots to some pages, otherwise a tight, bright VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket spine a little faded, top of spine a little chipped. Dust jacket now protected by mylar cover). Item #46660

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