Explain Poltergeist by Owen (4 results)
Language: English
Published by Helix Press, 1964
- Hardcover
Seller: Cape Breton Regional Library, Sydney, NS, CanadaCape Breton Regional Library
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fair
£ 15.15
£ 16.18 shippingShips from Canada to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Yes, with plastic cover. Book is square and binding is tight. Contents are clean throughout although paper has begun to yellow and outer pages edges re dusty. Cover boards are heavily worn along the spine and edges. Dust jacket is in fairly good shape but does have chipping and creasing along the oute…r edges. Former library book with usual library stamps, labels, and markings. (Please note any image provided in our listings are stock photos supplied by AbeBooks and do not match the covers of the actual item.).
Published by Garrett Publications, 1964
- Hardcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
Contact seller4-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. The pages are lightly tanned. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.
Published by Helix Press Book, Garrett Publications, New York, New York, 1964
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Catnap Books, Cobleskill, NY, U.S.A.Catnap Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover book with no dust jacket. Covers are worn and soiled, the page edges are also soiled, with water stains on the bottom page edges. There is a bit of foxing and staining to the end pages and the half-title and title pages are dog-eared. The previous owner's name…is written in ink on the front end paper. The contents are otherwise clean and the binding is tight. ; The book is divided into four parts, "Spurious Poltergeists and Perhaps Some Others", "Some Genuine Poltergeists", : "Powers and Limitations of the Poltergeist", and "Interpretation." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 436 pages; Owen, most known for his "Philip" experiment in which he and his wife Iris, in 1972 invented a fictitious character named Owen, gave him an elaborate history as a seventeenth century aristocrat and tried to communicate with him through psychokinesis. "Poltegeists" was a result of his interest in psychic research while he was a research fellow at Trinity College at Cambridge. His research included interviews of witnesses of a poltergeist case in Sauchie. In 1964, the book received the Parapsychology Foundation's Best Book Of The Year award.
Published by helix press and garrett publications, new york, 1964
- Hardcover
Seller: leaves, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.leaves
Contact seller5-star seller1964. scarce. new york: helix press and garrett publications. 436 pages. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: light wear. price unclipped ($8.50).
