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Man's Becoming? (signed by the author and in original dust jacket); A record of psychic communications received through the mediumship of Mrs. Eileen Garrett recorded and transscribed by Helen Sheppard Plimpton
by Helen Sheppard Plimpton
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Rider & Company, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. fine/very good. Presumed first printing (no statements). Hardcover in royal blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Signed and dated 16th day of Feb, 1935 by the author on the front free endpaper. 253 pp. Generally fine, bit of offseting to the endpapers. In the orignal printed dust wrapper, very good with some wear at the extremities and shallow separation at the corner folds. Plimpton here offers transcriptions of alleged psychic conversations with her deceased father and some of his familars ( a "Burmese" named Youvanni and an "Arab") involved with Eastern (i.e. Asian) philosophy and religion. In 1931, she contacted Eileen Garrett, an internationally known medium and arranged for a series of sittings. After the fifth sitting, she began recording the sessions with a dictaphone and also has a stenographer present.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E22066B
- Title
- Man's Becoming? (signed by the author and in original dust jacket); A record of psychic communications received through the mediumship of Mrs. Eileen Garrett recorded and transscribed by Helen Sheppard Plimpton
- Author
- Helen Sheppard Plimpton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Rider & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- psychic, mediums, seance, supernatural, metaphysical. spiritualism, spirits, life after death
- Bookseller catalogs
- Occult;
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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