Octavo, green cloth covers stamped in gilt, iv [2] 309 pages. Black and white frontis. "psychic photograph" of the author. A little browning on page edges on first few pages, and some scattered foxing throughout. Former owner name sticker on front paste-down endpaper. Spine titles a bit dulled, near very good. In the early 1920s Scientific American magazine offered two $2,500 prizes as rewards to any medium who could satisfy its panel that they were genuine. J. Malcolm Bird, associate editor of the Scientific American was on the panel, as well as Houdini, among others. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a strong advocate of spritualism, urged the Scientific American to send someone to England and the continent where Sir Arthur promised to obtain sittings with prominent mediums. J. Malcolm Bird decided to go himself to see these mediums (and it seems, was not totally impartial to their claims). This is his account. 021210D. Seller Inventory # 000015155

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Title: MY PSYCHIC ADVENTURES.

Publisher: Scientific American Publishing Co.,

Publication Date: 1924

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Established in 1984, Alkahest Bookshop took over the space and stock of the Atheneum Bookstore on Central St. in Evanston, IL. For many years we were a partner in Chicago Rare Book Center, which closed in 2017. We are now on-line, and have a select general stock, with large sections on U.S. history, art, and literature. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) and IOBA.

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Alkahest Books
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Alkahest Books is a sole proprietorship, whose owner is Patricia Martinak,
located at 545 Juneberry Rd. Riverwoods, IL 60015. email is:
alkahestbooks@toast.net. Phone: 847-236-1154

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