Author: STEIN, GORDON (PH.D) WITH A FOREWORD BY JAMES RANDI
Title: The Sorcerer of Kings the Case of Daniel Dunglas Homes and William Crookes
Description: Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1993. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0879758635. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's address label on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is mostly clena and bright, but has some bumping to the spine ends, and a couple of spots to the covers by the spine joints. "Daniel Dunglas Home (pronounced Hume; 20 March 1833 – 21 June 1886) was a Scottish physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights, speak with the dead, and to produce rapping and knocks in houses at will. His biographer Peter Lamont opines that he was one of the most famous men of his era. Harry Houdini described him as "one of the most conspicuous and lauded of his type and generation" and "the forerunner of the mediums whose forte is fleecing by presuming on the credulity of the public." Home conducted hundreds of séances, which were attended by many eminent Victorians. There have been eyewitness accounts by séance sitters describing conjuring methods and fraud that Home may have employed. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0879758635 Metaphyics Gordon Stein Spiritualism Mediums Daniel Dunglas Home William Crookes
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Title: The Sorcerer of Kings the Case of Daniel Dunglas Homes and William Crookes
Description: Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1993. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0879758635. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's address label on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is mostly clena and bright, but has some bumping to the spine ends, and a couple of spots to the covers by the spine joints. "Daniel Dunglas Home (pronounced Hume; 20 March 1833 – 21 June 1886) was a Scottish physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights, speak with the dead, and to produce rapping and knocks in houses at will. His biographer Peter Lamont opines that he was one of the most famous men of his era. Harry Houdini described him as "one of the most conspicuous and lauded of his type and generation" and "the forerunner of the mediums whose forte is fleecing by presuming on the credulity of the public." Home conducted hundreds of séances, which were attended by many eminent Victorians. There have been eyewitness accounts by séance sitters describing conjuring methods and fraud that Home may have employed. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0879758635 Metaphyics Gordon Stein Spiritualism Mediums Daniel Dunglas Home William Crookes
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 45066
- Book number: 45066
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