Our Future Existence, or the Death-Surviving Consciousness of Man.
London: Stanley Paul, ND [ 1912 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo. xviii + 488pp +iipp. ads. Original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board; gilt decorations on spine. All-edges-gilt. B/w frontisportrait, Appendix and Index. Inscribed & signed by the author on the verso of frontispiece: "With the kindest wishes of the Author. Fred G. Shaw, April 12, 1912". Of this book, the author says in his preface: "The author desires to point out .... that his primary object is to establish the reality of a death-surviving consciousness, and to prove that this consciousness is distinct from, and has a separate existence from the normal consciousness of our everyday life, and that it constitutes that which is the one distinctive gift to man - the soul." Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and chafed, a few bumps and some light rubbing to edges of boards, endpapers lightly browned and foxed, pages lightly toned but clean and unmarked. Overall a tight, bright VG+ copy (no dust jacket). Item #52939
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