[SPIRITUALISM]. A group of 51 titles, including:
The Rappers; or, The Mysteries, Fallacies, and Absurdities of Spirit-Rapping, Table-Tipping, and Entrancement. New York: H. Long & Brother, [1854]. 2 engraved frontispieces. Original brown cloth, upper cover stamped in gilt (light splitting at ends). FIRST EDITION. -- MASKELYNE, J.N. and Lionel WEATHERLY. The Supernatural? Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, [1891]. Illustrated. Original brown cloth stamped in black (extremities lightly soiled). FIRST EDITION. -- ROBINSON, William E. Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena. New York City: Munn & Company. 1898. Illustrated. Original pictorial red cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt (some spotting). Provenance: Robert C. Sabin (bookplate); Peter Ten Eyck (stamps). FIRST EDITION. -- ERNST, Bernard M.L. and Hereward CARRINGTON. Houdini and Conan Doyle. New York: Albert and Charles Boni, [1932]. Original gilt-lettered cloth. FIRST EDITION.
And many others, including several from the library of spiritualist Joseph A. Sadony (one signed by the detective Robert Pinkerton), all 8vo, all in original cloth, most first editions, condition generally good.