London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 272pp. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. This anonymously written work is said to contain a series of messages from the spirit world received via a planchette and through automatic writing by two girls;..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 104pp. Gilt-lettered blue cloth spine, gray papered boards lettered in gilt on front board. Messages said to have been received by automatic writing "from a soldier doctor" (a veteran of the American Civil War who in later life had..... More
London: Citizen T. G. Ballard, 1795. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Pamphlet. 8pp. (inclusive of wrappers). A popular - if gruesome - political satire with added satirical ghost story. The radical work known as "Pitt's Death" was first published in the London paper "The Telegraph" on 20th, 21st, and 24th of..... More
London: H. Bailliere, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 32pp. + 18 blank leaves. Superb half leather binding over marbled paper boards by renowned London craft binder Bernard C. Middleton: brown calf with decorative gilt-rules along margins, raised bands with gilt title and decorations to spine. The first publication in book..... More
London: Rider, ND [ 1933 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 160pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. An account of dozens of seances attended by British spiritualist and medium Maurice Barbanell. Barbanell was one of the founders, and the editor of "Psychic News", along with Hannen Swaffer, a...... More
London: T. Werner Laurie, ND [ Circa 1909 ]. First UK edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 230pp.+ xiv pp publisher's catalog. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, black borders and title to upper board and lettering to spine. An examination of spiritualism from a Christian perspective by the author of 'Seen..... More
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 258pp. White papered boards lettered in black. Bibliography & index. A scholarly review and evaluation of the evidence for survival after death. Hint of bruising to top of spine, small darkened streak on fore-edge..... More
London: Theosophical Society, ND [ Circa 1920? ]. Softcover. Small stapled pamphlet. 16pp. Printed blue wrappers. An abridgement of a larger work on life after death by Annie Besant (1847–1933) a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist. Besant was a prolific writer and powerful orator, who became the president..... More
Doncaster: W. Sheardowns, 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1. Octavo (8.5" x 5"). Vol. I: xvi + 258; Vol. II: iv + 260. Superb modern half leather craft binding by renowned London book-binder, Bernard C. Middleton. Half brown calf over marbled paper boards. Spine has raised bands, with..... More
Boston, MA: Small, Maynard & Co., 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 518pp. Original navy cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. B/w frontis. & plates. A study of mediumship, in particular that of the famous medium Margery (Mina Stinson Crandon) which was said by Hereward Carrington..... More
London: The Psychic Book Club, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. Volume three only. vi + 317-488pp. [170pp.] Printed wrappers. The third volume in the "University of Spiritualism" series but complete in itself. Contents include: "How the Clairvoyant Sees", "Psychometry, the Soul of Things", "Prophecy, Bible Prophets were Mediums", "Clairaudience"..... More
Chicago, IL: Progressive Thinker Publishing House, 1905. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 357pp + publisher's advert at rear. Original brown cloth, lettered in silver on spine, silver lettering & embellishments on front board. Emma Hardinge Britten (1823-1899) was one of the most famous nineteenth century advocates of Spiritualism. She supposedly developed..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1864. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. [vi + 66pp] + 2pp. ads. Lovely modern half leather binding by renowned London book-binder, Bernard C. Middleton. Half brown calf over marbled paper boards; raised bands with gilt rules and gilt-lettered leather title-label to spine. Browning's famous attack..... More
New York: Moffat, Yard & Co., 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 234pp. Original olive cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. The author, was American journalist and writer Henry Addington Bayley Bruce (1874–1959) who specialized in popularizing both psychology and psychical research. In this work he..... More
Auckland, NZ: Whitcombe & Tombs, ND [ 1927 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 158pp. Blue cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. B/w frontis. An account of the Dunedin [New Zealand] medium, Miss Pearl Judd. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, with his ex-libris seal..... More
London: Houlston & Stoneman, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 528pp. Black cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt on spine. A study of "man's natural immortality" from a Christian perspective - in which the author compares a number of points raised in (then) recent works to Scripture..... More
London: Legerdemain, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 192pp. Bibliography & index of letters. One of 350 copies, numbered and signed by the author on title-page. Described by the publisher as: "'The Houdini - Price Correspondence' brings for the first time, a complete collection of Houdini's letters, to the general public..... More
Nottingham, England: the Author, ND [ 1928 ]. Second edition revised. Softcover. Small format. 48pp. Stapled printed wrappers. A short work on clairvoyance from both scientific and spiritual standpoints. Chapters on "Advice to those desiring Mediumship," "What Clairvoyance is," "The Value of Symbols" etc. Wrappers slightly discolored & worn, owner's..... More
Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. vi + 80pp. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. A study of the supernatural in Greek and Roman Literaure. Chapters include: 1. The Power of the Dead to Return to Earth, 2. The Belief in..... More
London: E. W. Allen, 1880. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 24pp. Stapled printed wrappers. A pro-Spiritualist. The author begins with an unusual defense of the apparent the penchant that Spirits have for contacting "un-cultured people" rather than "the higher class of mind" (it is apparently just there way of teaching -..... More
London: Wright & Brown, ND [ 1933 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 384pp. Navy cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Appendix. Fold-out color plate. A scarce volume of messages said to have been received during the years 1931-1932 from the deceased Arthur Conan Doyle. From..... More
London: Longman & Co., 1871. First UK Edition. Softcover. Octavo. viii + 56pp. Card covers bound in cloth with printed paper label on upper cover. The author, Edward William Cox (1807-1879), was a lawyer, writer and publisher (he founded the immensely popular British paper of small advertisements: "Exchange and Mart")..... More
London: G. Routledge & Co. for the author, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xii + 228pp. Original red cloth decorated in blind and gilt, professionally rebacked with original spine laid down and boards retained. A few b&w illustrations in text, and eight b&w and 8 color full-page plates. Mrs..... More
Manchester, England: 'The Two Worlds' Publishing Co., 1925. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small octavo. 110pp. + vi [Index]. Printed & illustrated wrappers, stapled binding. Reprint from 'The Two Worlds'. Errata slip. Index. An outline history of Spiritualism by the London-based Australian journalist Leslie Curnow. Curnow's interest in Spiritualism was piqued..... More
London: The Office of "Light" 1902. Third edition revised. Hardcover. Small octavo. 300pp. Light blue cloth lettered in black on spine, black title & design on front board. One b/w plate. The author apparently passed "to the summer land" during the preparation of this revised edition of his work which..... More
