Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part III
Sat, Oct 29, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 353
REVELATIONS OF A SPIRIT MEDIUM. St. Paul: Farrington & Co.,...
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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REVELATIONS OF A SPIRIT MEDIUM. St. Paul: Farrington & Co., 1891. First edition. Pictorial wrappers, W.H.J. Shaw advertisement pasted to lowermost advertising his Chicago firm as the ?headquarters for second sight acts and novelties??. Illustrated. 12mo. Considerably chipped and browned, but binding and spine intact. In a drop spine box. Uncommon. Many copies of this work were reportedly destroyed by mediums who were afraid that the exposure in its pages would ruin their reputations. The book was credited to an anonymous author writing under the pseudonym ?A. Medium.?
