Mollie Fancher The Brooklyn Enigma An Authentic Statement of Facts in the Life of Mary J. Fancher The Psychological Marvel of the Nineteenth Century by Dailey, Abram H - 1894

Paperback / softback. New.

BiblioLife, 2009-04-10. Paperback. Used:Good.

Hardback. New.

Press of Eagle Book Printing Dept.. Original green cloth covers with gilt title on spine, green topstain. Prior owner signature o ffep. Illust. w/ b/w plates. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1894.

Brooklyn. Poor. 1894. Hardcover. Binding shabby, inner hinges cracked ; 8vo; xiii, 262 pages .

Brooklyn, NY: Press of Eagle Book Printing Dept., 1894. 262 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ light black staining to front cover. Front hinge tender. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Brooklyn, N.Y.: [Eagle Book Printing], 1894. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. xiii, [1], 262. With6 photo plates including the frontispiece depicting Mollie Fancher in a trance. Bound in maroon publisher’s cloth. Spine is lightly faded; some minor spots of rubbing and bumping. A name with a date (1895) is printed on the front free fly leaf. Interior pages are clean. Mollie Fancher (d.1916) was a Brooklyn woman who suffered two accidents at the age of 17 and as a result became bind and partially paralyzed. Afterwards she displayed signs of supposed clairvoyance and split personality. She was also able to exist for long periods with little or no food. Witnesses testified to her being able to read books and letters clairvoyantly as well as identify lost objects. Over time Fancher became "possessed" or plagued by several different personalities with names such as Sunbeam, Idol and Rosebud (Shepard, Encyc. of Occultism I, p.323-24). [Crabtree 1361; Besterman, p. 99].

BiblioLife, 2009-04-10. Hardcover. Used:Good.