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1887Best.-Nr. 60372Paris, Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1887. Kl.-8°. Mit 28 Textfiguren. 358 S., HLdr. d. Zt. m. etw. Rückenverg. u. goldgepr. Rückentitel.
Best.-Nr. 4693HYPNOTISM. Journal. 140pgs. 5” x 8”. 1900. No place probably New England. A lengthy manuscript entitled “Hypnotism” written in blue ink by J.H. Bergeron. It gives instructions on how to hypnotize hysterical people clairvoyance telepathy mesmerism etc. The first lesson is “How to hypnotize & how to awaken the subject” and states “The first thing to do before attempting to hypnotize anyone is to give him a good clear explanation of the subject. Impress upon the patient’s mind that hypnotism is harmless that he cannot be hypnotized if he resists or fails to concentrate his attention upon your suggestions and that if he is hypnotized you will acquire no power over him beyond the temporary influence exerted. Tell him not to wonder whether he will go to sleep or not but to make up his mind that he is actually going to sleep. Ask him to repeat menatally the words: I am going to sleep I am going to sound sleep or something of this nature. Many are afraid they cannot go to sleep. Tell them not to think of this. Get them to control their thoughts and concentrate them on the one idea of sleep. First test For this test use the hypnotic ball. The effect may be to produce without it. Place the subject in a standing position his head up heels together and hands at the side. Tell the subject to close his eyes and stand with the muscles relaxed. When the subject is standing with eyes closed and muscles relaxed put the ball against the back of his head and the base of the brain holding the ball in the right hand. Now put your left hand on the subject forehead & push his head against the ball a little. Hold the ball still for a few seconds pressed tightly against the head and say in slow & decided tones: When I draw this ball from you you will slowly fall backward. Now remove the ball from the subject’s head very slowly. If the subject does not fall backwards try again…”. There is much more content throughout. There is an index at the conclusion. The pages are in very fine condition written in a clear blue ink. The spine is worn and loose but the overall condition is very fine. A most unusual subject and manuscript. unknown books
1887Best.-Nr. 316420Paris: E. Plon 1887. First edition. xv 534pp. 8vo. Wrappers with printed original upper wrapper laid down on new wrapper. Very Good partially unopened. First edition. xv 534pp. 8vo. E. Plon unknown books
1948Best.-Nr. 82223Los Angeles: Powers Institute of Hypnotism 1948. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's off white textured card wraps titled and decorated in red and maroon to front wrap with ads to rear wrap. 104pp. Some wear chipping and soiling to the wraps most visibly along the edges strong and tight a very good copy. Internally clean although printed very cheaply with the darkness of the type fading in and out occasionally. An early example of one of the legendary Melvin Powers mail order self help guides; Powers began selling books mail order when he was 16 and built one of the earliest of the 20th century mail order behemoths with titles on hypnotism and mesmerism fringe sciences songwriting self-improvement and indeed anything he thought he could build a market for. Aside from his hypnotism titles and somewhat off topic Powers was the man responsible for introducing affordable paperbacksdealing with subjects like horse-riding having observed that the majority of books on horse-riding training etc. were pricey hardbacks beyond the pockets of most horse enthusiasts. Powers Institute of Hypnotism unknown
1957Best.-Nr. 82423New York: Stravon Publishing 1957. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's brown cloth spine over black cloth boards titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 63pp. Light bumping and wear to spine ends and a little wear to the extremities of the pricelipped dustjacket. A very good bright copy. Internally clean and copiously illustrated throughout with black and white images of subjects being introduced into a trance state. A rather more polished offering to the self-improvement home hypnosis pantheon with Chambers promising to provide in 10 detail steps practical and professional advice on how to induce a solid hypnotic trance in any subject. Three actual medical professionals have their opinions printed on the dustjacket maintaining that Chambers' methodology "Fills a very real need. Stravon Publishing unknown
1944Best.-Nr. 82276Paris: Vigot Freres 1944. First French Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's original cream card wraps titled in red and black to spine and front wrap with a black and white photographic image of a young woman in a state of trance. 155pp 3pp ads. Some light soiling of the cream wraps toning to spine panel strong and presentable a very good copy with some grubbyness. Internally clean although the paper stock was quite cheap and has uniformly toned. Almost completely unopened. Photographic illustrations and and technical diagrams throughout. Völgyesi a Hungarian psychotherapist and hypnotist apparently discovered his ability to hypnotize both people and animals at the age of 17 and during WW1 when faced with a lack of anaesthetic he provided hypnotic analgesia to patients during operations. A significant part of his hypnotic skill however was directed not at human beings but at animals with Volgyesi reputedly being able to put lions and tigers into a trance state and to have calmed a crocodile using only his powers of suggestion. He ran a particularly successful clinic in Budapest and possibly most interestingly was employed freelance by the Hungarian authorities in order to analyse and "cure" the mental illnesses of criminals in an effort to reduce recidivism. This work expounds on many of Vogyesi's theories surrounding hypnotic curative methods and also has the added bonus of photographic images of the good doctor hypnotising lion cubs. Vigot Freres unknown
Best.-Nr. 82975Paris: Librairie Fischbacher n.d. First Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's buff limp card wraps titled in black to spine and front wrap. 180pp. Some light edgewear and discoloration of the wraps with some minor creasing to the lower edge of the front cover internally clean edges untrimmed. A very good neat little copy. A "Hypnotism for All" course of instruction and education expanding presumably for purposes of marketing beyond the boundaries of embryonic hypnotherapy and just falling short of being a primer for a stage act with its enthusiastic jumbling together of hypnotism and spiritualism alongside the rather vague catch all of "Fakirism." What it perhaps lacks in mesmeric integrity it more than makes up for with rampant enthusiasm providing tuition in such areas as inducing hallucinations and nightmares in subjects taking control of subjects while they are asleep a chapter on the dangers of hypnotism and the final 20 or so leaves are essentially advertisements for course compnents ranging from self hypnosis to an elaborate course teaching the mysterious "passes" or mesmeric gestures of skilled practitioners although at the time of the course's popularity the majority of mainstream mesmeric knowledge had rejected most belief in this rather out of date method. The prices of some of the course components have been added by hand. A dense introduction to a rather confused and multi-disciplinary brand of suggestion that rather feels like the author met Sydney Blanchard Flower and thought "This chap is onto something here!" It has a distinctly Chicago Flowers/Parkyn feel to it albeit adapted to a French audience. Librairie Fischbacher unknown
1875Best.-Nr. 82086Chicago: W.B. Keen Cooke and Co 1875. Stated Tenth Thousand. Octavo. 19.5cm. Publisher's original bottle green ribbed cloth titled and decorated in gilt and black to spine and front board. 241pp. 30pp illustrated ads to rear. Scuffing to corners and spine ends light fraying to the cloth at the head and tail and some discoloration and dulling. A good solid copy with only cosmetic wear to apologize for. Internally clean coated yellow endpapers previous ink ownerships of the Loomis family of Osage to front flyleaves. Illustrated throughout. One of the rather more esoteric Pinkerton titles involving the murder of a bank teller and the possible involvement of an entranced sleepwalker. The second title gets off to roaring start with a potentially cursed opal ring and one of Pinkerton's intrepid lady detectives posing as a fortune teller to unmask the superstitious potential murderer. Writers unfamiliar with the theory and practical requirements of hypnosis and mesmeric states could often be found falling back on the tried and tested sleepwalker motif that by this stage had been knocking them dead in gothics penny dreadfuls and the more exotic police procedurals for almost a century. The idea that waking a sleepwalker in mid trance could prove fatal was also a much repeated trope as was the more subconscious pre-occupation with entranced women in their nightgowns wandering obliviously into all sorts of peril. An interesting indication of how deeply mesmerism and its errant children had inserted themselves into all areas of popular culture. W.B. Keen, Cooke, and Co unknown
1887Best.-Nr. 316420Paris: E. Plon 1887. First edition. xv 534pp. 8vo. Wrappers with printed original upper wrapper laid down on new wrapper. Very Good partially unopened. First edition. xv 534pp. 8vo. E. Plon unknown
1982Best.-Nr. 066998Arbor House Pub Co 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. Association Copy with personal author inscription to someone he credits with constant support and encouragement to write the book. Dust jacket in protective mylar. 222pp. Arbor House Pub Co Hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 48255Chicago: The Crow Publishing Co. 1905. 8vo. 139 1 pp. Photo frontisp. Red cloth decorative gilt lettering on front cover slight shelfwear very minor soiling VG copy. First edition of this scarce and fascinating handbook on using the powers of hypnotism and spiritualism to improve your fortunes. The Crow Publishing Co., hardcover
1915Best.-Nr. 006517William Rider & Son 1915. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Green cloth boards with red text and decoration. Slight bumping and rubbing to corners and edges. Age-yellowing to pages and slight foxing/discolouration to page edges. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries. William Rider & Son hardcover
1958Best.-Nr. 82416California: Huna Publications/ John M. Watkins Cecil Court 1958. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's grey cloth boards titled and decorated in dark blue to spine and front board.117pp. 1pp ads to rear. Light bumping to spine ends and corners otherwise a very clean and sharp copy in a dustjacket with a sun spine panel some light marginal toning and some shallow chipping and loss to edges cosmetic loss to front flap hinge. An enthusiastic but rather grandiose publication promising to finally provide a comprehensible explanation as to what mesmerism and hypnotism actually are. The text stresses that they are very separate concepts but basically then introduces the "Polynesian" concept of "Huna" or "The Secret" as a kind of catch all theory that makes all such things possible with out the fear of being "dominated" by the willpower of the hypnotist. Framed as "an ancient system of psychological knowledge" Huna is touted here as a key to universal understanding and the gateway to allowing oneself to be healed and helped by hypnotism without the risk of 'mental domination.'. Huna Publications/ John M. Watkins, Cecil Court unknown
Best.-Nr. 159183N.p.: N.p. 1970. Substantial archive of material belonging to Austrian-American stage hypnotist and magician John Kolisch including two three-ring card binders with typescript and manuscript notes for Kolisch's live shows and 271 vintage photographs of Kolisch in performance. Archive appears to date from the 1950s through the 1970s the heyday of Kolisch's career. One binder holds notes and scripts for Kolisch's magic tricks powers of suggestion and general show patter and jokes while the other binder focuses primarily on feats of hypnosis. The binders hold a variety of material relating to Kolisch's performances a mix of more formal typed scripts for routines alongside manuscript draft notes and annotations noting potential "ad-libbed" interjections. Several pages capture Kolisch recording his ideas for changes to the pacing and setup of his shows as well as reminders about modernizing his patter and updating his celebrity references. Although the bulk of Kolisch's material is undated earlier acts appear to reference specific actors films or shows such as opera singers or the television show "Cavalcade of Stars" while later routines simply note the names of prominent contemporary actors and celebrities to insert at random. Kolisch who billed himself as "The Fastest Hypnotist in the World" apparently used a blend of serious hypnotism stage magic and standup comedy in his shows and accordingly an entire binder section labeled "Funny Lines" is devoted to ripostes and one-liners. These zingers cover every performance eventuality from hecklers "Have you ever been to the zoo I mean as a visitor" to a silent audience "Well they say a silent tribute is the sincerest of them all!". The archive's considerable collection of photographs captures the spirit and energy of Kolisch's live shows with audience members engaged in a number of humorous activities-stripping saluting yelling and singing dancing acting as human furniture kissing and hugging each other playing musical instruments such as maracas and the ukulele-or simply sleeping. Several photographs bear Kolisch's name and company address in Jackson Heights New York in the recto margins an address that also appears in Kolisch's company letterhead on many of his show notes. Included in the archive are 17 contact sheets capturing images from performances and portrait photographs of Kolisch. Also included are two gatherings of typescript and copied material related to Kolisch's lectures on "dynamic auto-conditioning" and "dynamic auto-suggestion" with many pages annotated by Kolisch in manuscript ink or pencil. Archive also features a 17-page bound treatise titled "Your Incredible Subconscious Mind" published in 1956 by the "Subconscious Research Institute" an organization possibly created by Kolisch himself. Photographs range in size with the majority measuring 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus with occasional edgewear and creasing. Binders contact sheets lecture material and treatise Near Fine to Very Good plus with some light edgewear creasing and soil on binder exteriors. N.p. unknown
1949Best.-Nr. 065848The Ronald Press Company 1949. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Red cloth no dust jacket. "Psychology Service" stamp on fly foxing to endpapers and upper exterior page edge. 384pp. The Ronald Press Company Hardcover
2014Best.-Nr. 065707High Energy Publishing LLC 2014. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. Inscribed by author to previous owner otherwise clean tight copy in mylar-protected dust jacket. 248pp. High Energy Publishing LLC Hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 064433The Occult Book Concern 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. Royal blue cloth with gilt lettering. Moderate rubbing and toning otherwise VG. 284pp Index. The Occult Book Concern Hardcover
1955Best.-Nr. 062463E. P. Dutton & Co. 1955. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 10th printing 1955 prior to later revision which removed chapter on Hitler. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust jacket which is now in protective mylar. Owner name inside cover. 249pp. E. P. Dutton & Co. Hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 046289NY: Ronald Press Co. 1949. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 384pp. Former college library copy with markings limited to decimal number on spine and labels inside front and rear covers. Ronald Press Co. Hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 044356NY: Ronald Press Co. 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 384pp. Owner name stamp on fly blank pocket to rear pastedown. otherwise clean tight copy. Ronald Press Co. Hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 040517NY: Ronald Press Co. 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 384pp. Minor foxing to exterior page edges. Ronald Press Co. Hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. 023072NY: Brunner/Mazel 1983. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Very subtle age toning otherwise nice copy in mylar-protected dust jacket. 368pp. Brunner/Mazel Hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. 021796Merrimac MA: National Guild of Hypnotists 2002. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. One folded page corner now unfolded. 275pp. National Guild of Hypnotists Paperback
1901Best.-Nr. 017740NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. Minor rubbing/bumping to edges of cloth 376pp. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 018153NY: Carlton Press 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Clean copy in mylar-protected dust jacket. Scarce. Carlton Press Hardcover
