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Phantasms of the Living
by Gurney, Edward; Myers, Frederic W.H.; Podmore, Frank
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, 1918. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Second impression of the abridged edition of the original (1886), prepared by Mrs. Henry Sidgwick (Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick). lx, 520 p.p. Original blue cloth boards, gilt titling to spine, spine is sunned. Bumping to corners of boards and spine ends, a few damp stains to rear board. Top edge red, roughly cut edges, some pages uncut. Offsetting to endpapers. Ink ownership inscription to FFEP. Some creasing and small tears to corners and edges of leaves, a few minor spots of foxing, but text not affected. The text is substantially as the authors left it with the exception of omissions for the sake of brevity in chapters VI and XIII, and no new cases have been introduced. This edition contains 186 of the original 700 cases of prima facie telepathic incidents.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002461
- Title
- Phantasms of the Living
- Author
- Gurney, Edward; Myers, Frederic W.H.; Podmore, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- Telepathy, Apparition, Pyschic Phenomena, Hallucinations , Hypnotism, Human Mind, Pyschical Phenomena, Dreams, Parapsychology, Edward Gurney, Frederic Myers, Frank Podmore, Henry Sidgwick, Eleanor Sidgwick
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dreams; New Age; Psychology;
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
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Whitby, Ontario
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