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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH. Volume II. No. 5. May, 1908.

By: Hyslop, James H.; et al.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (New York: American Society for Psychical Research), 1908.: 1908.

Seller ID: 95285

Condition: Fair

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are detached and the spine is chipped & torn. Pages [259]-309 plus [3] pages of ads. The first few pages have stains around the staples. Fair. "Section 'B' of the American Institute for Scientific Research". The featured articles in this issue are both by James H. Hyslop: In "Personal Identity" Hyslop discusses the violent opposition between believers and sceptics in relation to physical manifestations that are met with in psychic research. He attributes this to the difference between "visualizers" -- those who c...
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH. Volume VI. No. 9. September, 1912.

By: Hyslop, James H.; Hyslop, Robert; et al.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (New York: American Society for Psychical Research), 1912.: 1912.

Seller ID: 95269

Condition: Good

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The spine is faded with minor staining & a chip out of the tail. The top corners are lightly bumped & the edges of the wraps are slightly darkened. Pages [517]-576. The top page corners are bumped. Very good. Among the contents of this issue are "The Problem of Obsession", an examination by James H. Hyslop of the confusion between the psychiatric diagnosis of obsession and demoniac possession; and "Experiments Continued (Part 5)" by Robert Hyslop, who defends against charges of fraud the case of two ladies who claim to have recei...
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH. Volume II. No. 4. April, 1908.

By: Hyslop, James H.; Shaw, J. Austin; et al.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: (New York: American Society for Psychical Research), 1908.: 1908.

Seller ID: 95283

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. There is a tiny chip to the tail of the spine. Pages [202]-254 plus [2] pages of ads. There is a tiny mark to the fore-edge & to the front edges of several pages. Very good. "Section 'B' of the American Institute for Scientific Research". The two articles featured in this issue are "A Record of Experiments" [experiments with a Ouija board] by James H. Hyslop; and "Vitality and Psychic Research" by J. Austin Shaw. Shaw writes about a recent book exemplifying the controversial theories of "the neo-vitalists in Biology...
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GOD'S WITNESS IN EGYPT

By: Klinker, Lewis William

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: Published by the author, (1935).: (1935).

Seller ID: 14388

Condition: Good

Los Angeles, CA: Published by the author, (1935).. (1935).. Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in pictorial orange & black wraps. The binding is soiled, stained & chipped. The wraps are lightly bumped & the front wrap is coming unglued from the spine. There is a piece out of the tail of the spine. 112 pages. 6 black-and-white illustrations. The bottom corner of the title is creased. Good.

First edition.

A treatise relating the Great Pyramid of Cheops, also known as the Pyramid of Giza, to the Old and New Testaments. First Edition.
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RAYMOND OR LIFE AND DEATH. With Examples of the Evidence for Survival of Memory and Affection After Death.

By: Lodge, Sir Oliver J.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: George H. Doran Company, (1916).: (1916).

Seller ID: 95398

Condition: Good

- Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt. The binding is lightly rubbed with a small stain to the front cover & the top corner of the cover bumped. The spine is slightly darkened & its head is chipped. xi & 404 pages. 18 black-and-white illustrations on 12 plates, including a frontispiece. The hinges are just starting. There are some small stains & foxing to the preliminary pages & a few top page corners are lightly bumped. A previous owner's name is penned on the front endpaper. Good. Sir Oliver Lodge's book about his son Raymond, who was killed in the First World War, is divided into three ...
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A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH. (Thought Studies of the Fourth Dimension).

By: Patterson, Charles Brodie.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., (1909).: (1909).

Seller ID: 34402

Condition: Good

- Small quarto, 9-1/4 inches high by 8-7/8 inches wide. Bound in light brown limp suede leather, titled in gilt on the front cover and the spine with the title within a decorative gilt frame on the front cover. A running black ruled frame further decorates the covers. The top edge is gilt and the endpapers are marbled. The suede is rubbed and soiled and the overlapping yapp edges of the covers are chipped with small pieces out. The head and tail of the spine are chipped. 286 pages, illustrated with a photogravure portrait frontispiece. The text block is cracked following the front blank and th...
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THE MIRACLE ON THE WALL: A Revelation of Life After Death.

By: Porten, H.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Eastbourne, Sussex, U.K.: Published by the Author, (1954).: (1954).

Seller ID: 95266

Condition: Good

- Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt. An area of dampstaining to the dust jacket has caused it to stick to the left margin of the rear cover. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped. Its rear panel is soiled & there is an area of blue dampstaining to the left margin of the panel with light dampstaining & rippling to the rear flap. Good in a fair dust wrapper. First edition. Porten examines [and answers] questions relating to the subject of life after death, upholding his conclusions with many miraculous examples. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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THE ENCHANTED BOUNDARY: Being a Survey of Negative Reactions to Claims of Psychic Phenomena 1820-1930.

By: Prince, Walter Franklin.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, MA: Boston Society for Psychic Research, 1930.: 1930.

Seller ID: 95267

Condition: Good.

- Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. There is some staining to the front cover & the gilt titling is rubbed. x & 348 pages. There is a small stain to the front pastedown, else the contents are fine. Very good. First edition. Walter Franklin Prince was Executive Research Officer of the Boston Society for Psychic Research. First Edition.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH. Vol. XVII.

By: Prince, Walter Franklin; Smith, Nellie M.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York: The American Society for Psychical Research, 1923.: 1923.

Seller ID: 95281

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, black cloth with a printed label on the spine. The binding is rubbed & the corners of the covers are lightly bumped. The label is darkened. vi, [1] leaf & 348 pages. Illustrated in black & white with plates, sketches & full-page photographic illustrations. Very good First edition. The contents include two articles by Walter Franklin Prince: "The Mother of Doris" [a case of multiple personality] with details of seances held; and "Heinrich Meyer Case: The Rise and Education of a Permanent Secondary Personality". A third article, by Nellie M. Smith, is "The Charlebu...
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THE SOUND OF THE EARTH: A Man's Mid-Life Passage and Spiritual Awakening

By: Sprager, Hart

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Georgetown, MA: North Star Publications, (1995).: (1995).

Seller ID: 26945

ISBN: 188082311X

Condition: Fine

Georgetown, MA: North Star Publications, (1995).. (1995).. Fine. WITH A TYPED LETTER SIGNED TO PETER MATTHIESSEN FROM HART SPRAGER - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. [xiv] & 297 pages. Near fine.

First edition, first printing.

From the library of Peter Matthiessen. Laid in is a typed letter from the author signed in full, expressing his disappointment at Matthiessen's negative reaction to the book. He sends Matthiessen a copy of the finished book in the hope that the positive comments of others will inspire him to take a second look and may perhaps motivate him to send Sprag...
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THE DEAD ARE WITH US. A Lecture given at Nuremberg, 10th February, 1918 by Rudolf Steiner

By: Steiner, Rudolf

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (London): Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co., 1952.: 1952.

Seller ID: 14996

Condition: Fine

(London): Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co., 1952.. 1952.. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are lightly soiled & slightly darkened around the edges. 23 pages. Near fine.

Second edition.
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THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH. July 1972, Volume 66, Number 3.

By: Stevenson, Ian; et al. Dale, Laura A.; editor.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: The American Society for Psychical Research, Inc., 1972.: 1972.

Seller ID: 95260

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed light blue wraps. The spine & the edges of the wraps are slightly faded. Pages [233]-344. Illustrated with tables. Very good. Among the contents of this issue are "Are Poltergeists Living or Are They Dead?" by Ian Stevenson, "A Second Precognitive Dream Study with Malcolm Bessent" and "Some New Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation: The Case of Rajul Shah" by Ian Stevenson.
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PARAPSYCHOLOGY.

By: Sudre, Rene.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: The Citadel Press, (1960).: (1960).

Seller ID: 95248

Condition: Very goof

- Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a decoration in gilt on the front cover. 412 pages. Lacks the dust wrapper, else near fine. First American edition. Sudre seeks a way to integrate psychic phenomena into the scheme of scientific knowledge. Translated from the French by C. E. Green. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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THE AUTO-BIOGRAPHY OF MAHARSHI DEVENDRANATH TAGORE. Translated from the Original Bengali by Satyendranath Tagore and Indira Devi

By: Tagore, Devendranath

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Calcutta: S. K. Lahiri & Co., 1909.: 1909.

Seller ID: 14374

Condition: Very good

Calcutta: S. K. Lahiri & Co., 1909.. 1909.. Very good. - Octavo, olive green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed. xxiv & 195 pages. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white portrait plates. A few page corners are creased. Very good.

The true first edition published five years before the English edition.

From the library of Alice Corbin Henderson, with her signature on the front endpaper. Alice Corbin Henderson [1881-1949] was an American poet and poetry editor and a friend of Rabindranath Tagore. She lived in New Mexico from 1916 and sh...
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A 6-PAGE TYPED LETTER SIGNED TO THE SATURDAY EVENING POST in defense of Astrology by the AMERICAN ASTROLOGER FREDERIC VAN NORSTRAND.

By: Van Norstrand, Frederic.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: San Francisco, California, March 22, 1966.: 1966.

Seller ID: 33994

Condition: Very good

- A substantial letter typed single space on six 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheets of creamy white paper with a few corrections penned in ink by Van Norstrand. In his letter, addressed to Saturday Evening Post editor William A. Emerson, Jr., Van Norstrand objects to an article critical of astrology which was published in the March 26, 1966 issue of the Post: "Will you kindly convey a couple of Bronx cheers to Mr. Richard Armstrong for his pretentious article entitled 'A Look At Tomorrow'...." In defense of astrology and astrologers, Van Norstrand enumerates the various published j...
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EXPERIMENTS IN TELEPATHY.

By: Warcollier, Rene.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938.: 1938.

Seller ID: 95371

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine. viii & 250 pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations & sketches. The gutters & the edges of the pastedowns & endpapers are darkened. Very good. First American edition. "Edited and abridged by Gardner Murphy from "Le Telepathie", articles in the Revue Metapsychique, and recent unpublished studies. Translated by Josephine B. Gridley". First Edition.
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BRICKS FROM BABEL: A Brief View of the Myths,Traditions and Religious Belief of Races, with Concise Studies in Ethnography

By: Wright, Julia McNair

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY: John B. Alden, Publisher, 1885.: 1885.

Seller ID: 3852

Condition: Good

NY: John B. Alden, Publisher, 1885.. 1885.. Good. - Small octavo, green cloth (bumped & chipped; small piece out of spine) titled in gilt. 181 pages (front endpaper partially detached). Good.
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Category: Metaphysics