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 bumps to corners and spine ends, endpapers unevenly browned, pages lightly toned- but unmarked. Overall a clean and tight VG+ copy in better-than VG dust jacket (Dust jacket overall darkened, a few tiny chips and some creasing at the head and tail of the spine, and the points of the boards. Now protected by removeable mylar cover). Item #65653
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