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Harry Price - The Biography of a Ghost-Hunter
by Tabori, Paul
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0722183267
- ISBN 13
- 9780722183267
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Sphere Books. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. (1974). Softcover. 0722183267 . Some rubbing to edges of covers. Book exchange rubber stamps on first leaf and on lower page edges. ; Paperback reprint. 303, [1] pages + 13 illustrations on 6 plate leaves. Page dimensions: 177 x 106mm. Biography. Contents: Introduction; Author's Note; The Faith and Stature of Harry Price; The Early Years; Harry Price, Conjurer; The Whipping-Boy of Spiritualism; The Mediums 1; The Mediums 2; The Fight for Co-operation; International Psychical Research; Adventures at Home; Harry Price Abroad; Poltergeists and Ghosts; The Borley Story; No Bed of Roses; Harry Price - By His Friends; Bibliography; Index. "Harry Price was probable the most famous British psychical researcher ever. His studies of occult phenomena earned him a reputation as a painstaking scientific investigator whose findings threw new light on a fascinating subject." - from blurb on rear cover. Series: Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult, #7. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22920
- Title
- Harry Price - The Biography of a Ghost-Hunter
- Author
- Tabori, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0722183267
- ISBN 13
- 9780722183267
- Publisher
- Sphere Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1974)
- Keywords
- 0722183267
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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