Modern American Spiritualism: A Twenty Years' Record of the Communion Between Earth and the World of Spirits by Hardinge, Emma - 1870

New York: Published By the Author, Trade By American News Co., Or Banner of Light Co., 1870. First edition [1870]. Heavily worn scarce history of American spiritualism, illustrated with 19 engravings, mainly portraits of noted American spiritualists, folding plate at end. Purple cloth over beveled boards, gilt spine lettering, 564 pages. Front cover and preliminaries through the title page detached, spine covering detached and heavily chipped around the edges but with most lettering intact, covers spotted and grubby, rear hinge cracked, text block past the title page sound and reasonably firm, pages a bit age-darkened but readily legible, plates all present with a couple having some finger smudging to the margins, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.