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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. First Complete English Edition. Octavo (8vo), pp. xx (preface), xii (author's preface to the 2nd edition), 609. Complete with textual woodcuts and the large folding black and white lithographic plate detailing early "Odic" energy spectra. Highly Important Association & Provenance Copy: Features a neat vintage pencil ownership inscription to the front pastedown reading: "C. D. Thomas, bought Dec 3rd 1917," alongside further historical pencil research notations to the rear endpapers. Reverend Charles Drayton Thomas (1867-1953) was a foundational leading member of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), famed for his empirical studies into mental mediumship and survival after death. Crucially, the 1917 wartime acquisition date catches Thomas at the absolute peak of his psychical library expansion. Accompanied by the same early circular ink stamp bearing the acronym 'A.S.A.P.', denoting a direct link to an early psychical research fraternity or library collection. Condition Report: A candidate for restoration or archival boxing, presented in Poor condition externally, but with a remarkably clean core. The original cloth binding is heavily sunned, showing expected historical chipping, small tears, and minor loss to the top and tail of the spine; the cloth over the spine panel is currently split and half-detached. The rear board is completely detached, and the internal block shows a distinct structural crack between pages x and xi of the initial preface. Despite these external structural faults, the text block remains complete, and the individual internal pages are surprisingly bright, crisp, and completely unblemished throughout. The crucial folding plate is securely intact. A monumentally important work in the history of 19th-century alternative science and occult physics. Baron von Reichenbach dedicated his life to isolating a universal vital force he termed the Odic Force, arguing that this subtle energetic field was emitted by magnets, crystals, and the human body. This English translation by the spiritualist physician Dr John Ashburner became an immediate cornerstone of the British mesmeric movement. An exceptional, highly important archive specimen.…

First edition. Translated and edited, with a Preface and Notes and Appendix by William Gregory; xlv, 463, with three fold-out plates and 24 pages of ads; Ownership signature on title page of Dr. Elmira Y. Howard, a Nineteenth Century woman physician. Covers very worn; Most of spine cover missing; Rear board mostly loose; Contents very good save for some light pencil marginalia. …