Description
Up For Sale Today is
Forty Years of Psychic Research
by
Hamlin Garland
Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Macmillan Company, New York. 1936. 394 pgs. First Edition/First Printing.
Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. FFEP pasted to the front pastedown. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
The book is a comprehensive account of the author's personal journey as he delves into the world of psychics, mediums, and spiritualists, and explores the various techniques and practices used to communicate with the dead.Garland's narrative is both informative and engaging, as he describes the many different types of psychic abilities and the methods used to test and measure them. He also provides a detailed history of the spiritualist movement, including its origins, key figures, and the controversies surrounding it.Throughout the book, Garland shares his own personal experiences with psychics and mediums, including his encounters with notorious figures such as the Fox sisters and the famous medium, Daniel Dunglas Home. He also provides detailed accounts of his investigations into haunted houses and other paranormal phenomena, and shares his thoughts on the nature of consciousness and the afterlife.
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| Book formats and corresponding sizes | ||||||
| Name | Abbreviations | Leaves | Pages | Approximate cover size (width × height) | ||
| inches | cm | |||||
| folio | 2º or fo | 2 | 4 | 12 × 19 | 30.5 × 48 | |
| quarto | 4º or 4to | 4 | 8 | 9½ × 12 | 24 × 30.5 | |
| octavo | 8º or 8vo | 8 | 16 | 6 × 9 | 15 × 23 | |
| duodecimo or twelvemo | 12º or 12mo | 12 | 24 | 5 × 7⅜ | 12.5 × 19 | |
| sextodecimo or sixteenmo | 16º or 16mo | 16 | 32 | 4 × 6¾ | 10 × 17 | |
| octodecimo or eighteenmo | 18º or 18mo | 18 | 36 | 4 × 6½ | 10 × 16.5 | |
| trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo | 32º or 32mo | 32 | 64 | 3½ × 5½ | 9 × 14 | |
| quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo | 48º or 48mo | 48 | 96 | 2½ × 4 | 6.5 × 10 | |
| sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo | 64º or 64mo | 64 | 128 | 2 × 3 | 5 × 7.5 | |
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