Bennett (Sir Ernest) Apparitions and Haunted Houses.
£295
A Survey of Evidence
London, Faber & Faber, 1939.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Sir Ernest Bennett (1868–1947) was a British Liberal MP and psychical researcher who compiled this survey of reported apparitions and hauntings as an evidential study.
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Boards slightly softened at head of spine; jacket price-clipped, some chips and small closed tears with some loss to head of spine and a few other places.
Provenance: Alan Gauld (ink name), parapsychologist, psychologist and spiritualist writer.
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