Results for: Occult & Spiritualism
The Battlefield of Psi [ Sai no Senjo : Choshinrigaku ronso Zenshi ].
Tokyo: Heibonsha Limited, Publishers, 1987.
Small thick octavo. Slight wear to edges and corners. 668 p. Appears to be an anthology in Japanese of Western works on psi phenomena from 1955 forward, with a few earlier pieces added for historical interest.
Price: $70.00
Pythagoras : Greek Philosopher, Initiate Teacher, Founder of a Brotherhood at Crotona.
A group of students. Isabel B. Holbrook.
Chicago: The Theosophical Press, 1925.
Good duodecimo hardcover in blue cloth binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and on corners of covers. Some scuffing to covers and lettering on spine is faded and rubbed away. Page edges are browned and foxing on front endpapers and frontispiece. Inscriptions to and names of previous owners on the two front free endpapers in ink and pencil. 123 pages. A rather unusual work on Pythagoras looking at his philosophy and teachings as fore-runners to Theosophy.
Price: $50.00
Beyond Death: Evidence for Life after Death.
Almeder, Robert.
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1987.
Very good quarto hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with minor rubbing on heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges with slight scuffing to covers. 100 pages with list of recommended readings after each chapter, endnotes, and indices. An interesting look at reincarnation, apparitions, out-of-body experiences, and mediumship.
Price: $75.00
The Semiotics of Fortune-telling. Foundations of Semiotics 22.
Aphek, Edna, and Yishai Tobin.
Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1989.
Very good octavo hardcover in gray-blue binding without dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Slight twist to boards. 216 pages with tables, notes, figures, references, and index. "This book presents a semiotic analysis of the linguistic and extralinguistic elements of fortune-telling as part of a larger pragmatic-oriented theory of human communication" (p. 1, Introduction).
Price: $35.00
On the Threshold of the Unseen: An Examination of the Phenomena of Spiritualism and of the Evidence for Survival after Death.
Barrett, Sir William F.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1917..
First edition. Good duodecimo hardcover in blue binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing along the edges with heavy bumping to the head and heel of the spine and the corners of the panels. Some scuffing and light soiling to the covers with a partial water ring mark on the front panel. Browning to edges and spine of the covers and on the edges of the pages. 336 pages with footnotes, 4 appendices, and index. An older examination of spiritualism, communing with the dead, ghosts, and various related subjects.
Price: $35.00
Spektrum der Parapsychologie: Hans Bender zum 75. Geburtstag.
Bauer, Eberhard, and Walter von Lucadou.
Freiburg im Breisgau: Aurum Verlag, 1983.
Very good softcover. Light wear and minor rubbing to edges of covers with light scuffing. Crease on upper corner of back panel and light bumping/creasing to upper edges of pages. 253 pages with bibliography and notes. A collection of essays in German on parapsychology.
Price: $15.00
Parapsychology: A Concise History.
Beloff, John.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has minor wear along edges and slight scuffing. 330 pages with notes, bibliographies and indices.
Price: $25.00
Scriabin: Artist and Mystic.
Boris de Schloezer. Translated by Nicolas Slonimsky. Introductory essays by Marina Scriabine.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear along edges slight crease on corner of inner front flap and minor scuffing to covers. Light browning along edges of dj. 334 pages with 2 appendices. An interesting work on the spiritual and mystical beliefs of the noted Russian composer Alexander Scriabin.
Price: $50.00
Pandaemonium, or the Devil's Cloyster.
Bovet, Richard. Introduction and notes by Montague Summers.
Wakefield: EP Publishing Limited, 1975.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with light bumping to heel of spine and slight crease on front board. Dj has light wear along edges with minor scuffing to covers. Slight foxing to upper edges and fore-edges of pages. 191 pages with notes. A reprinting of this classic text from the late seventeenth century on witchcraft, black magic, and the devil.
Price: $65.00
Ancient Egyptian Magic.
Brier, Bob.
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, 1980.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has some light wear and rubbing to edges with some scuffing to covers. Upper corner of front inner flap of dj is creased. 322 pages with illustrations, endnotes, selected bibliography, and 3 indices. A study of the importance of magic in the lives, from birth to death, of ancient Egyptians.
Price: $20.00
A Casebook of Military Mystery.
Brown, Raymond Lamont.
Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1974..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good price-clipped dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with light bumping to the head and heel of the spine and minor bumping to the corners of the panels. Dj also has some wear and rubbing along the edges with a bit of scuffing to the covers. Dj has sticker on the front flap. 184 pages with illustrations, bibliography, and index. A collection of legends and accounts of hauntings and ghosts involving ghost soldiers, spectral armies, raising the dead, and various other topics.
Price: $20.00
A Search in Secret Egypt.
Brunton, Paul.
New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1936.
Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards with light browning to edges as well. Dj has wear and rubbing to edges with many tears and some chipping to covers. Inch high chip missing from heel of spine and 2 inch strip missing from across the upper edge of front cover. Another 2 inch strip torn away from edge of back cover of dj. Tape marks on spine and tear over author's name. Dj is browned and scuffed. Page edges are browned. Name and date written by previous onwer in pencil on front free endpaper. Pencil notes made on page of some illustrations. 287 pages with illustrations. A look at the occult secrets of Egypt.
Price: $20.00
Witch Hunts in Europe and America : An Ecyclopedia.
Burns, William E.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.
Quarto-sized. Light wear to edges of boards with minor scuffing and few faint scratches to covers. 359 pages with illustrations, chronology, bibliography, and index. An alphabetically organized reference work on witch-hunting, witch-hunters, and witchcraft.
Price: $30.00
A History of Experimental Spiritualism. Volume I: Primitive Man.
Caesar de Vesme. Translated by Stanley de Brath.
London: Rider & Co., 1931.
Good octavo hardcover in blue binding without dust jacket. Some wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and corners of covers. Light scuffing to covers. Page edges are lightly browned and have some foxing. 286 pages with a few notes. Volume I only.
Price: $30.00
Mesmerism, Spiritualism, &c. Historically a& Scientifically Considered. Being Two Lectures at the London Institution.
Carpenter, William B.
New York, NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1877.
Good duodecimo hardcover in reddish brown binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and corners of panles. Small tears in binding on places that are bumped. Some scuffing and light scratching to covers. Page edges are browned. Remains of piece of paper that had been glued (attached) to front free endpaper. 158 pages plus adverts with 16 appendices. Also attached is a correction to appendix N on the Rochester Rappings.
Price: $150.00
The American Seances with Eusapia Palladino.
Carrington, Hereward.
New York, NY: Garrett Publications, 1954.
Good duodecimo hardcover in black binding without dust jacket. Some wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine with some slight chips and minor tears on head of spine. Some scuffing to covers as well. 273 pages with a few footnotes. A work on the examinations of the Italian medium Eusapia Palladino.
Price: $25.00
Reincarnation: Ancient Beliefs and Modern Evidence.
Christie-Murray, David.
North Pomfret: David & Charles, 1981.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has wear along edges with some scuffing to covers and price sticker on front flap. Publisher's name has been glued on title page over another name. Slight browning and foxing to edges of pages and dj. 287 pages with endnotes, bibliography, and index.
Price: $20.00
Voices from the Gods: Speaking with Tongues.
Christie-Murray, David.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has wear along edges with some scuffing to light scratching to covers. Price sticker on front flap of dj. 280 pages with illustrations, 3 appendices (1. cases with unusual features, 2. development of a tradition, 3. a television experience), endnotes, select bibliography, and index. A study of glossolalia nd xenolalia.
Price: $18.00
The Ghost of the McDow Hole.
Clendenin, Mary Joe. Based on stories of Joe Fitzgerald.
New York, NY: Carlton Press, 1979.
Very good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear and a few minor tears on lower edges of covers with some scuffing and some stainmarks on front cover. Large but light stainmark on dj's front and back covers. 45 pages.
Price: $20.00
The Present Age and Inner Life; A Sequel to Spiritual Intercourse. Modern Mysteries Classified and Explained.
Davis, Andrew Jackson.
New York: Partridge & Brittan, 1853..
Fair octavo hardcover in brown binding with faded gilt lettering along the spine. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and the corners of the panels with small tears and holes in the areas of bumping. The front panel's upper corner is starting to separate into layers. Little bit of a roll to the spine. Covers are scuffed and soiled with a stainmark on the lower edge of the front panel. Page edges are browned and foxed as are the endpapers. Little bit of hinge damage where some of the pages are just beginning to become loose (pages 128-129), but still well bound. 281 pages with illustrations. A work by this noted American spiritualist and clairvoyant, Andrew Jackson Davis, the "Poughkeepsie Seer," 1826-1910.
Price: $85.00
In Search of Ghosts.
Day, James Wentworth. Illustrations by Alexy Pendle.
London: Frederick Muller, 1969..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has some wear and rubbing along the edges with light scuffing to the covers and few minor tears on the edges. Small stain mark on back cover of dj. Page and dj edges are lightly browned and have some slight foxing. 208 pages with illustrations and index.
Price: $15.00
Four Modern Ghosts.
Dingwall, Eric J., and Trevor H. Hall.
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1958.
Very good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with slight bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has wear and rubbing to edges with some closed tears and 2 half inch chips on head of spine with some scuffing to covers. Page edges are browned. 111 pages with illustrations, footnotes, and index. This work details the following hauntings: 1. the Yorkshire Museum Ghost, 2. the Runcorn Poltergeist, 3. the Rosalie manifestation, 4, the Ousedale haunt.
Price: $25.00
Raising the Devil: Satanism, New Religions, and the Media.
Ellis, Bill.
Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges and minor scufing to covers. 332 pages with endnotes, bibliography, and index. An interesting sudy of the Satanism scare of the 1970s and 1980s.
Price: $15.00
Chinese Ghosts and ESP : A Study of Paranormal Beliefs and Experiences.
Emmons, Charles F.
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1982.
Very good octavo hardcover in light blue cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear and minor rubbing to edges of boards. 297 pages with illustrations, endnotes, tables, bibliography, glossary, and index. A study of Chinese beliefs and attitudes to the supernatural and paranormal.
Price: $35.00
Appearances of the Dead: A Cultural History of Ghosts.
Finucane, R. C.
Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1984.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jackets. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and upper corners of panels with slight tear in binding on heel of spine. Dj has light wear and rubbing to edges with a few minor tears on corners of covers and some minor scuffing to covers and fading along spine. 232 pages with illustrations, chapter notes, and index. A study of ghosts and hauntings in Western history from the Classical era to the twentieth century.
Price: $15.00
Haunted Houses.
Flammarion, Camille.
Detroit: Tower Books, Book Tower, 1971.
Reprint of work first published in 1924. Very good octavo hardcover in black binding without dust jacket. Light wear along edges with minor bumping to head and heel of spine and slight scuffing to covers. Light marks on front free endpaper from price sticker. Page edges are slightly browned and have some minor smuddges on upper edges. 328 pages.
Price: $20.00
Mysterious Psychic Forces : An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants.
Flammarion, Camille.
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1907.
Good octavo hardcover in green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, though faded on spine, without dust jacket. Gilt upper edges of pages. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine Spine near head and along fron gutter is heavily rubbed. Some scuffing to covers as well. Small sticker on front pastedown endpaper and name of previous owner and address in ink on front free endpaper. Front finge between endpapers is cracked and weak. 466 pages with notes, illustrations, and index. A work by the noted astronomer and spiritualist, Nicolas Camille Flammarion (d. 1925).
Price: $50.00
Death and Its Mystery before Death : Proofs of the Existence of the Soul.
Flammarion, Camille. Translated by E. S. Brooks.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1921.
Good octavo hardcover in red cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of covers with bumping to head and heel of spine and lower corners of both covers. Some light scuffing to covers with white mark on front board. Crack in binding between pages 202-203. Pages are lightly browned and have some faint smudging on edges. 322 pages with footnotes.
Price: $45.00
Death and Its Mystery after Death : Manifestations and Apparitions of the Dead; The Soul after Death.
Flammarion, Camille. Translated by Latrobe Carroll.
New York, NY: The Century Company, 1923.
Good octavo hardcover in orange cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and lower corners of both covers with light scuffing to covers. Few minor white spots on lower edge of front cover. Page edges are lightly browned. Stamp and tag on front free endpaper. 393 pages with few footnotes. A study of spiritualism of the noted French author and part-time astronomer, Camille Flammarion (1842-1925).
Price: $70.00
The Unhappy Medium: Spiritualism and the Life of Margaret Fox.
Fornell, Earl Wesley.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1964.
Good octavo hardcover in good clipped dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Boards have ssome scuffing. Dj has wear and rubbing along edges with some small tears and nicks and scuffing to covers. Red remainder dot on lower edges of pages. Penciled name and date on half-title page. 204 pages with illustrations, footnotes, bibliography, and index.
Price: $25.00
