ISBN: 9780252002182 - Mediums, Spirit Rappers and Roaring Radicals: Spiritualism in American Literature, 1850-1900 (12 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. ex-library copy with usual markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 261 pages; 1973 University of Illinois Press. HC/DJ 2nd printing. Soundly bound and generally neat in bright clean dust jacket. About 20 or so pages with light pencil underlining and bracketing; superficial foxing top edge. VG-/VG+.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fair / with Protective Cover. Good condition. Clean text, few breaks in the spine. D.j. is in fair condition: rubbing, edge wear, corner wear and chipping up to 2" on the front cover. There is an ownership blind embossing stamp on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Printing. A Fine Second Printing with slightly bumped lower corners housed in a dust-jacket that is also Fine with minimal soiling; This book looks at the various ways that spirituality has been portrayed in American literature from the mid-19th century to the turn of the century. It discusses how mediums, spirit-rappers, and roaring radicals have been used as vehicles to explore the spiritual realm.; 8vo; 261 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Printing. Book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 261pp. Tight copy in mylar-protected dust jacket. Faint foxing to endpapers.

Second printing. 8vo. x, 261, [1] pp. Index. Cloth, dust jacket; jacket extremities worn. Very good. ISBN: 0252002180 David J. Pivar, Calif. State Univ. Fullerton, reviewing this work, and noting the ridicule spiritualism receives, remarks that Kerr wrote a well-researched social commentary of this period (1850-1900), and in the end supports the work as a "seminal contribution to the subject. . . " [American Historical Review, volume 79, issue 3, June 1974]. CONTENTS: The Epoch of the Rapping Spirits, Knocks for the Knockings, Ghosts and Ghost-Seeing, Follies and Delusions of the Nineteenth Century, Phenomenal Proof of a Life to Come, No Traveler Returns, Spirits Couldn't a Done Better, The Young Prophetess.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. Previously owned by a smoker, else attractive copy in mylar-protected dust jacket. 261pp. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". x + 261pp. Binding firm, spine cocked. Dust Jacket worn with a couple of chips and one larger tear. Alan Gauld's copy, with small bookplate and ink signature. Edges browned and marked. Crinkling to lower margin throughout. Boards bowed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; United States; 19th century; History. ISBN: 0252002180. ISBN/EAN: 9780252002182. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 64754.…