Psychic Phenomena of Jamaica.
New York, NY: The Dial Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 310pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine, blind device on upper board, bibliography and index. The author offers the results of 28 years of intensive research into magic, witchcraft and psychic phenomena in Jamaica. Contents include chapters on: "Ashanti Cultural Influence in Jamaica", "Jamaica Witchcraft", "Applied Magic", "Belief in Ghosts", "Funeral Customs", "Poltergeist", and more. Very light shelf rubbing to edges, corners lightly bumped, endpapers unevenly browned, pages lightly toned- but unmarked. Overall a clean and tight VG+ copy in Good dust jacket (Dust jacket darkened at spine, all edges and folds are chafed and lightly chipped and torn, roughly price clipped, now protected by removeable mylar sleeve). Item #63711
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