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O. Hashnu Hara – Psychiscopy 1905, Copy 2

£125.00

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hb Hara, O. Hashnu Psychiscopy 1st The Apocalyptic Publishing Co., 15, Tothill Street, London / 1773, Broadway, New York 1905 £125   Original full green cloth in vgc- condition, with fraying of cloth at very top of spine and moderate fraying to parts of bottom of same; very slight forward lean to book; cloth rubbed and very slightly split at outer corners of boards; some traces of staining to both boards. Gilt titling and flower picture to front board remain strong and bright. Top edge of page block gilt, as issued. Front and rear inner paper hinges slightly cracked, but underlying webbing strong. Ffep slightly chipped at upper outer corner only, and has plain-pencilled bookseller notes on its verso. Outer margin of half-title page with a few pin-prick holes were pins were formerly inserted to attach a piece of paper. Blank version of half-title page with early owner’s plain-pencilled notes. Original owner’s inked signature, dated 1906, to upper margin of title page. Further pin-prick holes to blank upper margin of preface page, where another slip of paper was formerly attached. Early owner’s marginalia and occasional underlinings or rings around words throughout main text, and a few also to some pages of the ephemeris, mostly in plain-pencil, occasionally in dark ink, showing this to have been a keenly studied book. The annotations would make for an interesting study in themselves. Some page-edges slightly chipped, but contents complete. Overall, a good+ antiquarian original, whose early owner’s mark-up adds some historical interest to this rare book. Price factors in faults

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Weight 0.620 kg

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