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ref. 1340700387.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1844ref. 459687London: Hippolyte Bailliere 1844. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second edition. Revised and Enlarged. Tall octavo. 390pp ads. Green cloth gilt. Two owner's names including "E.M. Simms London NW 1865" and the stamp and signature of noted American psychologist and anthropologist Henry Guze a founder of the American Academy of Psychotherapists the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and co-founder of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex on the front fly corners a little bumped and rubbed else near fine. Hippolyte Bailliere hardcover books
1856ref. 15849New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1856. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Some rubbing fraying of extremities endpapers browned text browned in margins else a good copy. With booklabels of "From Plummer's Cheap Bookstore Davenport Iowa" and "Baldwin's Original Antiquarian Cheap Book Store 199 East Madison St. Chicago" on endpapers also bookplate of Russel van Arsdale Lee. 1 vols. 8vo. Testimony into the validity of mesmerism with chapters devoted to writing of the "causes that have made mesmerism unpopular" on the Mesmeric consciousness and Mesmeric sensation as well as the Mesmeric Medium. A very interesting look into this subject. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown books
1841ref. 21251Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1841. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First American Edition. x 2 1-539 pages. 8vo. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and blindstamped decorations on the front and rear panels. A bright copy with some fraying at the top of the spine panel and light foxing throughout. With the ownership signature of Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch son of the better known mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch on the title page and dated 1842. Cloth. Nathaniel I. Bowditch was Vice President of the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1856-1862. Townshend was a skeptic later a supporter of animal magnetism. The first edition was London 1840 with the title "Facts in Mesmerism With Reasons for a Dispassionate Inquiry Into it" and went through a number of editions. Robert H. Collyer has added an appendix "Report of the Boston Committee on Animal Magnetism as Exhibited by Dr. Robert H. Collyer" to this edition "First American Edition" as stated on the title page There was also a Harper and Brothers edition in 1841 with a page count of 388 pages. Nicely represented in institutional collections but less commonly found in the trade. Charles C. Little and James Brown unknown books
ref. ria9781025230535_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; "Facts in Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism" explores the controversial topic of mesmerism also known as animal magnetism in the early 19th century. Chauncy Hare Townshend presents a detailed account of the phenomena associated with mesme hardcover
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ref. ria9781108025898_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A passionate defence of Mesmerism a kind of hypnosis based on the theory of animal magnetism first published in 1840 by one of its most prominent nineteenth-century practitioners a friend of Dickens. Townshend includes eye-witness ac paperback
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ref. 033146702X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. B9781108025898Paperback / softback. New. A passionate defence of Mesmerism a kind of hypnosis based on the theory of animal magnetism first published in 1840 by one of its most prominent nineteenth-century practitioners a friend of Dickens. Townshend includes eye-witness accounts of hypnotic experiments both from the subject's and the Mesmeriser's viewpoint. paperback
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ref. 62513772Cambridge University Press CUP . Papeback. New. pp. 598 Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
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1844ref. 013683London: Hippolyte Bailliere 1844. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Boards a little worn with wrinkles to spine. Some pencil marks within text in borders. Hippolyte Bailliere hardcover
2026ref. LRB95440Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 539 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1841. This modern reproduction of Facts in mesmerism or animal magnetism: with reasons for a dispassionate inquiry into it by Townshend Chauncy Hare 1798-1868.; Harry Houdini Collection Library of Congress makes an old or rare text available for consultation bibliographic research and specialized collections. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026ref. LRB36032781Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 598 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1840. Text in English. This work presents a detailed examination of mesmerism a controversial practice in the 19th century. The author Chauncy Hare Townshend approaches the subject with a scientific and dispassionate perspective analyzing the claims and evidence surrounding mesmerism. The book is a valuable resource for historians of science and medicine as well as those interested in the cultural and intellectual history of the period. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
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