1972, cloth bound, 294 pages with index, illustrations and photos. The Arno Press Reprint Edition of perhaps the most well known work by Houdini. Contents: The Founders Of Modern Spiritualism, The Davenport Brothers, Daniel Dunglas Home, Palladino, Ann O'Delia Diss Debar, Dr. Slade and His Spirit Slates, Slate Writing and Other Methods, Spirit Photography, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Why Ectoplasm?, By-Products Of Spiritualism, Investigations-Wise And Otherwise, How Mediums Obtain Information, What You Must Believe To Be A Spiritualist, Magicians As Detectors Of Fraud, Conclusion. Condition foxing page edges and first few pages in, otherwise fine. |