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Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part III

Sat, Oct 29, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 309

[CRANDON, MINA (1888-1941) (?MARGERY?)]. A GROUP OF 7 VOLUM...

Estimate: $400 - $600

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[CRANDON, MINA (1888-1941) (?MARGERY?)]. A GROUP OF 7 VOLUMES RELATING TO THE LIFE AND CAREER OF MINA CRANDON (?MARGERY?), INCLUDING: BIRD, J. Malcolm. ?Margery.? Boston: Small, Maynard, and Company, 1925. Frontispiece, illustrated with photographs. Publisher?s blue cloth gilt stamped. ? THOROGOOD, Brackett K. The ?Margery? Mediumship. [N.p.]: The Journal of the American Society for Psychic Research, 1932. Publisher?s printed wraps (staining to wraps). Two copies. ? WALTER THE POET. The Margery Mediumship. Boston: T.A. Scott, 1933. Publisher?s printed wraps (stains to wraps). ? Margery Harvard Veritas. Boston: Blanchard Printing Co., 1925. Publisher?s boards with paper label (staple stains on back board). ? The ?Margery? Mediumship. [N.p.]: Reprint from the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 1932. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher?s printed wraps (stamp on front cover). ? The ?Walter Kerwin? Thumb Prints. Boston: Boston Society for Psychical Research, 1934. Publisher?s printed wraps (rubbing and staining to wraps, text block disbound). ? All 8vos. Overall condition good. Mina Crandon was one of the most notorious spiritualists of the early 20th century, with Harry Houdini for a time making it a personal mission of disproving her purported abilities at every turn.