Facts and Mysteries of Spiritism: Learned by a Seven Years' Experience and Investigation, with a Sequel.
Philadelphia, PA: Thomas W. Hartley & Co., 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 378pp. + ii adverts. Original dark green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, bevelled edges. A personal account of spiritualist experiences by an American author. It includes detailed reflections on the nature of the spirit world, accounts of well-known mediums, and some messages supposedly from the spirit world. Cloth lightly rubbed and with a few light marks from handling, small unobtrusive snag in cloth - about the size of a cigarette end - on upper board. Spine ends, lower edge and corners a bit chafed, endpapers starting to split at inner hinges -but hinges still strong, short closed tears to lower edge of front free endpaper, else a solid, internally-clean better-than VG copy. Very scarce in first edition. Item #51493
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