Strange Stories: Explorations in Victorian Fiction, the Occult and the Neurotic by Wolff, Robert Lee - 1971

Gambit, 1971. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boston, MA: Harvard Common Press. 1971. 1st ed. 378pp near fine condition with minor dust soiling to the pages edges in a very good to near fine dust jacket with light edge wear and wear to the spine ends as shown. See photos clphE

Boston:: Gambit,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0876450478 . Stated first printing. Very good in a very good (moderate shelf wear and aging), price clipped dust jacket. .

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Gambit, 1971. ....Quarter bound in black cloth with red lettering on spine & silver lettering on front red boards, 378 clean pages, illustrated with b & w photos, small bump at top edge, no names or writing, dust jacket has minor rubbing/shelf wear. "The major piece in this book is Sir Bulwer-Lytton. Bulwer explored mesmerism, clairvoyance, hypnotism, spiritualism and magic, practiced and investigated them in his lifetime and wrote about them in his novels. Bulwer's own use of the supernatural depended inpart upon his studies of older ocult traditions - Rosicrucian, Paracelsian, and Neoplatonic, among others - all of which receive full treatment here. In dealing with some of these phenomena, especially mesmerism, to the neuroses of notable Victorians as revealed in their novels the author also shows that Freudian analytic concepts - whatever their validity for the late twentieth century - can often prove highly illuminating when applied to the lives and… Read More

USA: Gambit incorporated, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good+. Hardcover, inscription from author on ffep, signed R Lee, spine ends rubbed, edges of covers lightly faded, otherwise Good+ in Good+ dustjacket with creasing at spine ends, some small closed tears at top of spine which is also browned. Pink mark at side of rear panel on inside.

Boston: Gambit, Inc, 1971. 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. (1st ptg.) Black cloth spine, red cloth boards, gilt bright on front, 378 pages, photos of book, facsimiles throughout. DJ beneath mylar has black background, cultish illustration on front and back, quotation on back from Jerome H. Buckley, Professor of English at Harvard. DJ has very slight wear at tips and spine edges. A wortwhile book for collectors of late 19th English literature. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Gambit. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!