Thomas Rev Charles Drayton (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Revised edition. Red paper on boards, with black lettering to spine. Light bumping to extremities. Very clean and tidy throughout. A revised, abridged 1948 edition, of the original 1922 edition, with an introduction by the late Sir William F Barrett. . Illustrated with black and white photographs. A scarce book. Publisher's advertisements at rear. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. pp.125-296 plus 3-page publisher's list with Introduction by the late Viscountess Grey of Fallodon. Not dated but possibly around 1947. Pale blue boards with spine faded to brown. Otherwise a very good clean and tight copy.

Soft cover. Condition: VG- (Very Good Minus). Gray wraps with light edgewear, rubbing and creasing; minor soil. Stitched binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned. Most pages lightly creased. Not illustrated. Prev owner names inside front cover and to ffep. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 137 pp. Scarce.…

Cloth. Condition: Good Only. First edition. A very scarce, first edition of spiritual work surrounding life after death, written by British minister and spiritualist, Charles Drayton Thomas. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Very scarce. Written by British Methodist minister and spiritualist, Rev. Charles Drayton Thomas, who was a member of the Society for Psychical Research and carried out many seances to further his research.With an introduction by Viscountess Grey of Fallodon. In this exploration of spirituality, Thomas presents ideas and evidence surrounding life after death, with the aim to persuade his readers to open their mind to the possibility of God. The author illustrates his evidential proof for a 'Greater Life', with explanations as to why this proof is irrefutable.With illustrations to accompany the text. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, sound, with bumping to the extremities and spine. Rubbing to the joints, causing a tear along the rear joint and a smaller tear to the head of the front joint. Label remnants to the front board, with the odd mark to cloth. Hinges are tender, but holding. Label remnants to the front paste down, with the odd annotation and stamp to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Half title and frontispiece are detached but present. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional light spotting. Good Only. None (illustrator). book.…