Beware Familiar Spirits
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. x, 342 pages.
Noted magician and student of spiritualism presents a skeptical examination of mediumship, exposing certain fraudulent practices and explaining how magicians' techniques can be misused to simulate supernatural phenomena.
Mulholland was covertly commissioned by the CIA in the 1950s to write manuals on deception for use in intelligence operations (later published as "The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception").
Good in a good dust jacket. Minor extremity wear to both book and jacket, which both show some old moisture stains. Interior clean and sound.
Item #1966
Price: $125
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