Telepathy and the Subliminal Self. An Account of Recent Investigations Regarding Hypnotism, Automatism, Dreams, Phantasms, and Related Phenomena.
London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 344pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and rules to spine, b&w frontis, index. A collection of essays - some of which are revised from earlier publication in the New York Times - on various aspects of spiritualism, mesmerism and psychical research. Subject headings include: "Psychical Research:- Telepathy or Thought transference; Mesmerism and Hypnotism, History and Therapeutic Effects; Hypnotism - Psychical Aspect; Lucidity or Clairvoyance; Double or Multiplex Personality; Natural Somnambulism - Hypnotic Somnambulism - Dreams; Automatism - Planchette; Automatic Writing, Drawing and Painting; Crystal Gazing; Phantasms; etc. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, with his ex-libris seal blind-stamped on the front free endpaper. Spine a bit darkened and bruised at ends, light bump to corners, small light mark to rear board, remains of bookshop label on front pastedown, page edges a bit darkened and foxed, endpapers unevenly browned, rear endpapers starting to split at hinge, but still firm. Overall a solid, unmarked better than VG copy (no dust jacket). Item #60019
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