The catalogue comprises a number of books, journals and pamphlets, on Spiritualism, Psychical Research, and related aspects of occultism. The items range from the genuinely rare to quite modestly priced used items, whilst a number of signed or inscribed copies can be found scattered throughout.
Battle Creek, Michigan: Review & Herald, ND (ca. 1878). Softcover. Stapled booklet. 32pp. No outer wrappers, the front is the first text page, the back is a list of publisher's releases. An anti-Spiritualist lecture which quotes liberally from both Scripture and Spiritualist literature to make its points. This edition is..... More
New York: Carleton, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 288pp. Original brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B/w frontisportrait. One fold-out plate reproducing Kane's letters. An account of the unlikely romance between Elisha Kent Kane (1820 – 1857), explorer, medical officer in the United States Navy and member of two Arctic expeditions..... More
London: Henry Vizetelly, ND [ 1853 ]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. 272pp. Illustrated papered boards. B/w frontispiece (depicting a seance). Title-page vignette. A rare popular history and introduction to "spirit-rapping" from the very birth of Spiritualism in Britain. When Spiritualism crossed from the United States to Britain in..... More
Boston, MA: A. B. Courtney, 1896. Softcover. Miniature pamphlet, measuring 2.75" wide x 4.25" high. 16pp. [inclusive of wrappers]. Stapled wrappers. An interesting attack on Spiritualism. It begins with an account of the Fox sisters, and is unusual in that it concentrates on exposing the mechanism by which supposedly bogus..... More
London: Henry Vizetelly, ND [ 1853 ]. Second Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 200pp. Illustrated papered boards. Charming fold-out b/w frontispiece depicting an elegant seance scene. Title-page vignette & four b/w plates with line drawings. Publisher's advertisements on endpages. A rare popular introduction to "table turning" from the very birth of..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 128pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, red rules. B&w plates with facsimiles of "Spirit-writing". Remaining anonymous most likely due to his position in the Church of England, the author offers the results of his personal..... More
London: William Horsell, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 222pp. Original decorated cloth lettered in gilt on spine, gilt solar cross device on front board. All-edges-gilt. An account of the Spiritualist experiences of Thomas Shorter (1823-1899), one of the pioneers of Spiritualism in Britain and in later life an editor..... More
London: Griffith & Farran, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 232pp. + 32pp. ads. Brown cloth illustrated in brown, lettered in gilt on spine, light grey lettering on front board. B/w frontis. & illustrations. An anonymously written volume which purports to be confessions of deception and fraud of a...... More
London: Psychic Press Limited, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 154pp + adverts. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. This copy INSCRIBED to Dr. M. H.Coleman by the author on the front blank: "To Dr. M. H. Coleman, With all good wishes, Maurice Barbanell, April 1946". Barbanell was one..... More
London: Psychic Press Limited, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 130pp + vi adverts. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Barbanell was one of the founders, and the editor of "Psychic News", along with Hannen Swaffer, a Fleet Street journalist, and the notable British spiritualist, Arthur Findlay - a...... More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 182pp. Black cloth lettered in silver on spine & front board. A unique reference with a focus on material that critically examines or otherwise reflects on near-death experiences. Index. A sharp, clean near-Fine copy (no dust jacket issued)... More
London: Spiritualists National Union, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 144pp. A scarce history of the Spiritualists National Union in England. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, with his ex-libris seal blind-stamped on the front free endpaper. Light rubbing to edges - a tight, clean near-Fine copy. More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1921. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 288pp. Brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index & glossary. The author explores scientific suggestion and auto suggestion as a method of healing and in education. Ex-library copy (Ferring Grange Hotel & Country Club) with a number of inkstamps. Spine a bit..... More
Wellingborough, England: Patrick Stephens, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 176pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on spine. Index. B/w illustrations. The author examines 135 cases of forewarning & prophecy related to the sinking of the Titanic. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, with his ex-libris seal blind-stamped on..... More
London: M. Jones, ND. (1804). First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 64pp. Superb period-style full leather craft binding by renowned London book-binder, Bernard C. Middleton. Brown calf, with blind stamped rules and decorations to front board and gilt stamped leather title label between raised bands. Marbled endpapers. A most uncommon proto-Spiritualist..... More
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 402pp. + vipp. adverts. Black cloth gilt-lettered (and with arrow motif) on spine & front board, index. B/w frontisportrait & 21 mostly full-page photographic plates of "Exhibits" - seance imprints etc. British-born Bradley recounts his experiences with Spiritualism, notably with..... More
London: Regency Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 194pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w frontis portrait. A biography of Helen Duncan (the spiritual medium who in 1951 became the last person in England to be tried under the Witchcraft Act) by Duncan's daughter, Gena Brealey. From the..... More
London: J. Burns, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 72pp. Modern cloth binding by renowned British craft binder Bernard C. Middleton. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt-letterered black label on front board, small blind-stamped decorations in corners of boards; marbled endpapers. The Proceedings of the second convention of..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 258pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. The substance of three lectures delivered at Yale University in March 1928 and later in Bridgeport Connecticut on the Dwight H Terry Foundation which covered a wide ranging review of issues from..... More
London: University of London Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 344pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. Bibliography & index. Errata slip. From the dust jacket: "An attempt to obtain a synoptic view of personality as considered from the point of view of the various..... More
London: Geo. Peirce, ND [ ca. 1853 ? ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi + 234pp. Superb modern half-leather craft binding by renowned London book-binder, Bernard C. Middleton. Brown leather over marbled paper boards with decorative rules to edges of leather; raised bands with gilt title, rules and decorations to..... More
London: Methuen, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 176pp. Navy cloth lettered in white on spine. Index & references. The author, Whately Carington [W. Whateley Smith] (1892-1947), was a British parapsychologist, psychical investigator, and author who for many years was a Member of the Council of the Society for..... More
London: The Catholic Truth Society, 1892. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 48pp. Printed string bound wrappers. A well-argued and restrained rebuttal of Spiritualism: the author accepts that there is most likely some validity to the claims of Spiritualism (ie it is not all fraud and imposture) but argues that it..... More
London: The Scriptorium Press, ND ( 1926 ). First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 42pp. Original printed red wrappers printed in black. An anti-Spiritualist tract, which includes various examples of spiritualist fraud and foolishness, and descriptions of a number of sleight-of-hand tricks supposeldy used by Spiritualists (although most seem typical of..... More
London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. xxii + 152pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. In large part an evaluation of clothing worn by apparitions from the "other side" by psychical researcher, Robert Crookall who investigated over 700 out-of-body experiences from a Spiritualist point of view..... More
