Cecil Maby (13 results)
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FATE (UK Edition Pub. ; Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 2, No. 4, February 1956 Mystery Adventure Prediction
Lady Eleanor Smith; Commander Charles M. Cree; Raqual de S. Marshall; P. G. Woodhouse; Dr. W. B. Chesney; Vaughn Shelton; J. Cecil Maby, B. Sc; Major P. G. Francis; Vincent H. Gaddis; Q. Q. Quail; Marguerite Steedman
Published by Press Books Ltd., Great Britain, United Kingdom, 1956
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Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, CanadaComic World
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. ** ARTICLES AND STORIES (1)The Invisible Dog by Lady Eleanor Smith; The Curse of Mar by Commander Charles M. Cree; My Family Heard the Banshee by Raqual de S. Marshall; The Stones Told The Story by P. G. Woodhouse; The Wonderful Eddy Children by Dr. W. B. C…hesney; Ghost Ship of Good wins by Frank Madigan; Window to Eternity by Vaughn Shelton; Case of the Uneasy Coffin by Edmond P. Gibson; Have you the gift of Dowsing? by J. Cecil; Maby, B. Sc; Yoga For You by Major P. G. Francis; Fortress of Nan Natol by Vincent H. Gaddis; The Woman Who Grew Younger by Q. Q. Quail; Dream that Brought Success by Marguerite Steedman Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
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Language: English
Published by Maby, UK, 1966
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. SIGNED & dedicated by author on first blank, covers a little marked & rubbed, pages clean. Signed by Author(s).
Published by HEATH CRANSTON FIRST EDITION 1932, 1932
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Add to basketHB GREEN BOARDS BOOKPLATE NAME ELSE FINE PP180 DW VERY GOOD 8VO Speculations on our future from before World War Two.
Published by Heath Cranton London 1932, 1932
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Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
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Add to basket1st edition hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo 180pp., index, Historical & Sociological study of the future of Western Civilisation with special refrence to Spengler's concept of destiny.
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Published by privately printed, 1970
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Boards in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Internally clean and unmarked. Two pages of the author's additions and corrections, dated May 1972, is laid-in. Dust jacket has some light chipping/edgewear; in an archival mylar sleeve. xii + 123 pages. A…monograph upon selected aspects of Dowsing and Radiesthesia by the Jesuit priest, Fr. John Rudd. In this study, the author recounts his personal experiences and deductions after several years of critical investigation. He stresses a particular use of angle rods as dowsing tools, relative to the keystone of its main thesis; the exact nature of which is explained. Four-page preface by the J. Cecil Maby (1902-1971), a well-known dowser, biophysicist, and member of both the British Society of Dowsers and the Society for Psychical Research.
Published by Processed By Rank Xerox Ltd.,, Birmingham,, 1967
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Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No. 7 of a Limited private edition of possibly about 250 copies. 8vo. pp. [viii], 213. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Original black cloth lettered gilt on spine. Red wrapping paper dust jacket depicting musical instruments (not original). Typewritten xeroxed text. Presenta…tion copy: 'To Clive Gimson With kind regards & thanks for your interest. J. Cecil Maby 18/7/67.' Typed signed letter loosely inserted from Maby to Gimson written on headed notepaper from Brooke House, Frocester, Stonehouse, Glos dated July 18th 1967 and consisting of about 350 words in which he describes the book as 'a rather odd and unorthodox compilation! He trusts 'that no great alarm or despondency will result from its perusal. Much is of an independent spirit (purposely), and Part II definitely inflammable.' Essays on a wide range of diverse topics including womanhood, superstition, hermaphroditus, education, human nature, sex, death, religion and scientists among others. Appendix loosely inserted with handwritten note stating to be included after p. 221 in Maby's book 'Confessions of a Sensitive'. 1966. Includes copies of photographs of trance drawings, handwriting, ectoplasm and other abnormal images. pp. 8. Also loosely inserted a copy of an illustration of Marlshill House, near Cheltenham (the subject of one of the above images) and a typewritten page giving Advice to Sceptics. Several copied typed lists of reviews of Maby's books, including this one, loosely inserted. Joseph Cecil MabyÊ(1902-1971) was a BritishÊbiophysicist, dowser andÊpsychical researcher. Clive Gimson (1919-1982) housemaster and teacher at Bradfield College who Lord David Owen states in a book entitled, 'Favourite Heroes and Holy People' was 'a devout but questioning Christian.' Two pages with Reader's Opinions stuck together at front. Spine slightly used, otherwise very good. Light wear otherwise very good. Signedes.
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Published by Heath Cranton,, London,, 1932
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Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 180. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, "To Clive Grimson, with compliments and kind regards, J. Cecil Maby 21/1/67." In 'Walls of Jericho', Maby intimates that scie…nce and Westernism, machines and the Popular Press are but passing vogues of an epoch; not necessarily fundamental to life, but more commonly antagonistic to it. About fine in bright, clean, very good dust jacket, with some nicking at edges. Signedes.
Published by Rank Xerox Ltd., Birmingham England, 1966
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Previous owners stamp on fep and bep. Gold bookstore sticker. ; Professional book dealer since 1975. All orders processed promptly and packaged with care. Satisfaction guaranteed. ; 221 pages; Black boards w. Gilt lettering on spine. Binding tight, interior clean and clear. "Limited private ed - Copy… 132." as stated on fep.
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Add to basket213pp. Limited private edition, copy no 225. frontis. A very good hardback copy. Cloth binding, gt.sp.
Published by Rank Xerox,, Birmingham,, 1966
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Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 221. Original publishers black textured cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Limited edition, no. 87 of an specified number (probably small). Signed presentation from the author on the first blank page, "To Clive Gimson, with thanks and regards from J. C…. Maby 21/1/67." Very good. Signedes.
Published by Rank Xerox Ltd., Birmingham Englan,, 1966
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Seller: Carrick-White Ltd., West Looe Cornwall, United KingdomCarrick-White Ltd.
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited/Numbered. HB. Is really the memoirs of this famous psychic sensitive and dowser.Black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine. On feps it states "Limited private edn. copy 212 - A hand-made book". 221 pages incl. prologue, appendix. & index, + frontis of print of Marlhill House… near Cheltenham. A rare book. Book tight & clean.
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Published by The Houghton Publishing Co, London, 1933
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Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
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Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-x [xi-xiv] 15-158 [159-160: blank], publisher's blue cloth, front panel lettered in yellow and ruled in blind, spine panel lettered in yellow. First edition. A collection of six antiquarian ghost stories dedicated to "two masters of their art, Edgar Allan Poe and Dr. M. R. James . whose tales I have read a…nd reread with ever renewed delight and fear." Maby's only collection of ghost fiction. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 334. Bleiler (1978), p. 128. Reginald 09393. Tuck (1978), p. 287. Owner's initials inked on the front free endpaper. Spine panel sunned, spine lettering largely perished, a very good copy. A very uncommon book. (#178246).
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Published by The Houghton Publishing Co., London, 1933
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Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United KingdomLycanthia Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. First edition. Initialled presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-. A known scarcity, especially in the extremely rare jacket and, as in this case, initialled & inscribed by the author. A great little collection of weird & supernatural tales by par…anormal investigator Maby: "A rare work of uneven quality, dedicated to the unlikely combination of M.R. James and Edgar Allan Poe." (Shadows in the Attic, p.334) Cloth slightly dulled at spine with some minor fading; a couple of small stains and tape-burns to jacket at head of spine, with other light patches of tape burn at fore-corners, but overall a very good example that presents really well. A known scarcity, especially in the extremely rare jacket and, as in this case, initialled by the author. A great little collection of weird & supernatural tales by paranormal investigator Maby: "A rare work of uneven quality, dedicated to the unlikely combination of M.R. James and Edgar Allan Poe." (Shadows in the Attic, p.334). Jacket artwork by the author. (illustrator). Book.
