Add this copy of The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult to cart. $151.95, like new condition, Sold by signedbookman rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Aurora, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Yale University Press.
Add this copy of The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult to cart. $202.00, like new condition, Sold by Design Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Yale University Press.
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Fine. This is a fine hardcover copy in illustrated boards, without dust jacket as issued, with no wear at all. Completely clean. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from September 27 to Cecember 31, 2005. Essays by Clement Cheroux, Pierre Apraxine, Andreas Fischer, Denis Canguilhem, Sophie Schmit, Stephen E. Braude, Crista Cloutier. Bibliography. Illustrated in black & white and color. 12" high X 9" wide, 287 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Add this copy of The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult to cart. $217.00, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Yale University Press.
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VG+ (scuffs scratches to boards; light bumping/crinkling to spine ends. ) Photographic paper boards, 288 pp., many BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2005 exhibition held in New York. Essays: Photography and the Occult / Pierre Apraxine, Sophie Schmit--Mumler's Ghosts / Crista Cloutier--"A Photographer of Marvels": Frederick Hudson and the beginnings of spirit photography in Europe / Andreas Fischer--Ghost Dialectics: Spirit photography in entertainment and belief / Clement Cheroux--"The Most Disreputable Camera in the World": Spirit photography in the United Kingdom in the early twentieth century / Andreas Fischer--Conan Doyle: A study in black and white / Sophie Schmit--Photographs of Fluids: An alphabet of invisible rays / Clement Cheroux--"La lune au front": Remarks on the history of the photography of thought / Andreas Fischer--The Thoughtography of Ted Serios / Stephen E. Braude--"The Reciprocal Adaptation of Optics and Phenomena": The photographic recording of materializations / Andreas Fischer--The "Margery" Case / Pierre Apraxine--Flammarion and Eusapia Palladino / Denis Canguilhem--Monitoring the Phenomena / Denis Canguilhem--Franek Kluski's Casts / Sophie Schmit.
Add this copy of The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult to cart. $291.10, very good condition, Sold by Weiser Antiquarian Books, Inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cape Neddick, ME, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Yale University Press.
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Hardcover. Large quarto. 288pp. Pictorial boards. Color & b/w illustrations. First edition, presumed first printing (there is a complete properly sequenced number row on verso of title page). A lavishly produced catalog to accompany a traveling exhibition of works. It comprises over 250 beautifully reproduced photographs, mainly from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, with a heavy emphasis on psychic phenomena, mediums, etc. The essays accompanying the photographs comprise: "Photography and the Occult" by Pierre Apraxine & Sophie Schmit; "Mumler's Ghosts" by Crista Cloutier; "'A Photographer of Marvels': Frederick Hudson and the beginnings of spirit photography in Europe" by Andreas Fischer; "Ghost Dialectics: Spirit photography in entertainment and belief " by Clement Cheroux; "'The Most Disreputable Camera in the World': Spirit photography in the United Kingdom in the early twentieth century" by Andreas Fischer; "Conan Doyle: A study in black and white" by Sophie Schmit; "Photographs of Fluids: An alphabet of invisible rays" by Clement Cheroux; "'La lune au front': Remarks on the history of the photography of thought" by Andreas Fischer; "The Thoughtography of Ted Serios" by Stephen E. Braude; "'The Reciprocal Adaptation of Optics and Phenomena': The photographic recording of materializations" by Andreas Fischer; The "Margery" Case " by Pierre Apraxine; "Flammarion and Eusapia Palladino" by Denis Canguilhem; "Monitoring the Phenomena" by Denis Canguilhem; "Franek Kluski's Casts" by Sophie Schmit; Institutions and Archives; Bibliography; Index; Photographic Credits. Slightly leaned, touch of light shelfwear and just a hint of bruising to the spine-ends. Otherwise a tight, sharp and clean near-Fine copy (no dust jacket issued). A large heavy volume that will require extra additional charges to those automatically quoted, exact price dependent upon destination.
Add this copy of The Perfect Medium Photography and the Occult to cart. $2,477.00, new condition, Sold by BWS Bks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ferndale, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Yale University Press.
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New. 0300111363. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--288 pp. With 311 ills. (229 col. ). 30 x 24 cm. --with a bonus offer--
