Lot 391

[PSYCHICS]. CRISWELL (Jeron Criswell King). Criswell Predic...

Estimate: $150 - $300

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[PSYCHICS]. CRISWELL (Jeron Criswell King). Criswell Predicts From Now to the Year 2000! Anderson, SC: Droke House, Publishers, [1968]. 8vo. Illustrated by Lewis N. Schilling, Jr. [142] pp. Publisher's full green cloth, front board and spine stamped in metallic blue, early reprint price-clipped dust jacket (light rubbing to cloth, some occasional minor thumboiling in text; jacket somewhat worn, soiled, with some marginal tears, chips). A near fine copy in a very good jacket. FIRST EDITION BOOK IN EARLY REPRINT JACKET, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CRISWELL ON THE FFEP: ?for Cara Hataway prolific Criswell". Beneath the inscription is the following ink stamp: ?This is the true signature of Criswell. Collectors have paid as high as $10 for an original autograph of this kind." Criswell (sometimes known as ?The Amazing Criswell") was a celebrity psychic, who made several radio, television, and a few film appearances; perhaps his most famous appearance was giving the introduction to Ed Wood Jr's schlock classic, Plan 9 From Outer Space.