Search Results: Occult and Supernatural from Paul Haynes Rare Books

First edition. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. London. New York. 1923. Octavo. xxiii, 344pp. Original purple cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Lower edges untrimmed. Edges a little spotted. Lightly toned to endpapers. Slightly rubbed to head and foot of spine, and corners. Original dust wrapper tipped in to fep.With an introduction and preface by Sir Oliver Lodge. An analysis of the evidence of psychical phenomena recorded in the Bible.Mabel St Clair Stobart (1862-1954) British sufffragist, aid worker, writer. The first woman to reach the rank of Major in any army, she served on the Balkan Front where she commanded the Serbian Relief Fund's Front Line Field Hospital. Chair of the British College of Psychic Science. Founder and Chair of the Spiritualist Community, with Arthur Conan Doyle as President. Chair of the Spiritualist Community Council. Council of the World Congress of Faiths. An extraordinary woman.

First edition, number 28 of a limited edition of 500. Signed by both Lord Dunsany and Sydney H. Sime. G. P. Putnam's Sons. London. 1922. Quarto. (6), 322pp. Tissue guarded frontispiece, signed by the artist Sydney H. Sime. Preface signed by Dunsany. Quarter vellum, cloth. Leather label, gilt lettering a little faded, date and rules. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Edges untrimmed, unopened from p.50 onwards, so mostly unread. Small corner loss p.30/31, due to uneven opening, text unaffected. Occasional light spotting. Vellum slightly darkened to spine, minor corner rubbing, light shelf wear. A nice copy of the author's first novel.
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, FRSL (1878-1957) Anglo Irish writer whose fantasy works were precursors of the genre, influencing writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur C. Clarke and L. Sprague de Camp. The Chronicles of Rodriguez is Dunsany's first novel, illustrated by his chosen artist Sydney Sime (1865-1941), sometime owner of 'The Idler'… Read More

First edition. Printed privately for the author by S. H. Watkins and Sons. Great Malvern, Worcestershire. 1983. Large Octavo. 55pp. Original blue paper cover. Stapled binding. Small crease and marginal stain to lower corner of upper cover. A nice crisp copy.Rev. Joseph Stanley Leatherbarrow. (1908 - 1989) MA, PhD, FSA, FRHS. of the Rectory, Martley.A collection of twelve short stories by Leatherbarrow. From the introduction he writes, "I have sometimes been asked "Are they true"? I can only reply that they are partly autobiography, partly local history and partly sheer invention". A reprint was brought out by Ash Tree Press in 2007.Very scarce. One copy only held worldwide: in the British Library. This work is dedicated "For my friend Leslie Halliwell who combines an enthusiasm for the world of spirits with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the world of films. In turn, Leslie Halliwell was to dedicate "Seventeen Supernatural Stories" to Leatherbarrow the following year: 'These stories are dedicated… Read More

First edition. The Aquarian Press. London. 1954. Octavo. 147pp. Text illustrations. Original green cloth, in original dust wrapper, chipped, with closed tears. A crisp bright textblock. Chapters include Automatic Script, Materialisation, Mrs Annie Brittain, Mrs Estelle Roberts, Spiritualism, Materialism

The White Eagle Publishing Trust. Liss. Hampshire. 1968. 2nd edition. 2nd printing. Octavo. viii, 203pp. 3 plates. Original cream boards, gilt to spine and upper board vignette. In the original dust wrapper, slightly chipped. Edges sunned/darkened. Occasional spotting.The manuscript account was submitted to Lady Conan Doyle. It was published under the title Thy Kingdom Come and published before the World War. It was republished here, re written and revised. Part One comprises the story behind the work, and Part Two The Message of Arthur Conan Doyle. A retrospective conclusion by the editors.

First and only edition. The Channing Press. The Channings. Dawlish. 1935. Octavo. 300pp. + 1p publisher's ads. Original yellow cloth, a little discoloured, with spot to upper board and ink spot to lower board. Printed paper labels to spine and upper board, both chipped. Partially unopened. Edward Archibald Rathmell Wilson (1875–1955) an actor, playwright, author, traveller, art collector and dilettante. A Rosicrucian, "Sine Metu", initiated 20/04/1913. A Theosophist. A regular contributor to the Occult Review and the Golden Dawn Magazine of The Brothers of The Path. He wrote the preface to Anthony Greville-Gascoigne's 'The Way of an Initiate' 1940. "I have, you will find, made this title include not only trains of steel but also trains of thought".
A scarce oddity. The writing is in the style of his Occult Log Books for the Golden Dawn Magazine. For whatever reason, his name in this publication is spelled with one, rather than two "l" s.
His obituary, in The Shirburnian, is damming with less… Read More