The Magnetism Books
6 Volumes
by Edmund Shaftesbury
"Home Training Courses
Edmund Sheftesbury's Private Books
Embracing All Human Powers"
Meriden, CT: Ralston University Press, 1924
Reprint editions, issued in 1929
Hardcover. Textured, faux-leather brown cloth with green, red & gilt titles & decorations. 6-3/4" x 9-7/8".
Advanced Magnetism
or the Private Uses of Emotional Control over Men and Women in Every Department of Life
444 pages.
Very good condition.
Mild, even toning to pages. Toning to end papers; scattered foxing to page margins. Otherwise, interior clean. Foxing & soiling to edges of page block. Binding firm & square. Covers have rubbing & wear to spine ends, along edges & at corners; a couple of mild edge bumps; rubbing to gilt & titles on spine & front.
Mental Magnetism
A Study of the Seven Realms of Mind & Mastery in the Conflicts of Life
448 pages.
About very good condition.
Mild, even toning to pages. Toning to end
papers; otherwise, interior clean.
Foxing & soiling to edges of page block. Binding firm & square.
Covers have rubbing & wear to spine ends, along edges & at
corners; small tear to fabric at heel of spine; bumping to bottom front corner; mild scuffing to spine; rubbing to gilt & titles on spine
& front.
Sex Magnetism
Private Lessons in the Cultivation of Magnetism of the Sexes
Teaching the Development and Wonderful Enlargement of those Powers and Influences That Nature has Invented to Aid Every Human Life
This volume issued in 1928 (date to bottom of title page). 444 pages.
Good condition.
Mild, even
toning to pages. Toning to end papers; otherwise, interior clean. Small scrape to edge of page block causing creases/small tears to edges of pp. 287-326. Foxing & soiling to edges of page block.
Binding firm & square. Covers have hard bump to side edge of rear board near bottom corner; rubbing & wear to spine
ends, along edges & at corners; mild fraying to fabric at heel of spine; a couple of mild edge bumps; rubbing
to gilt & titles on spine & front.
Operations of the Other Mind
Making Known the Unseen Powers of the Universe in Their Control Over Human Life
443 pages.
Good condition.
Mild, even toning to pages. Yellow highlighting to pages 71 & 74; scattered foxing to page margins; oxidizing to pp. 128-129 where a clipping was laid in. Toning to end
papers.
Foxing & soiling to edges of page block. Binding firm & square.
Covers have rubbing & wear to spine, along edges & at
corners; mild scuffing & soiling to front & rear boards; softening to spine ends; rubbing to gilt & titles on spine
& front.
Universal Magnetism
A Private Training Course in the Magnetic Control of Others by the Most Powerful of All Known Methods
In Two Volumes
654 total pages.
Volume I
Pages 1-333
Good condition.
Highlighting to pp. 206-218, 232-233, 293-296, 312-313 (& perhaps one or two additional occurrences). Scattered foxing to page margins. A few dog-eared corners. Toning to end papers. Foxing & soiling to edges of page block. Rear hinge cracked about 2-1/2 inches at top end; hinge remains sound. Binding firm & square. Covers have heavy rubbing & wear along top & bottom edges; small scrape to top edge of front board; wear to spine ends & corners; white spots to front board; rubbing to gilt & titles on spine & front.
Volume II
Pages 334-654
Good condition.
Highlighting
to pp. 364-381, 426-428, 472, 480, 521, 540-550 (& perhaps one or two
additional occurrences). Scattered foxing to page margins. Wear to bottom edges of pp. 335-338 & tear to bottom edge of p. 339/340. Multiple
dog-eared corners. Toning to end papers. Foxing & soiling to edges
of page block. Binding firm; mild slant to spine. Covers have wear to spine
ends, along edges & at corners; scuffing to rear board; rubbing to gilt &
titles on spine & front.
All volumes have a slight musty/stale smell when opened.
Ships well-packed in a box.