Classic of Spiritism : Milburn 1922 [ Signed , Adelaide Johnson ]
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Signed First Edition Copy of Important Spiritualist Work “The Classic of Spiritism” Inscribed by Lucy Milburn to Noted Sculptor Adelaide Johnson
Milburn, Lucy. The Classic of Spiritism. The Dacrow Corporation. New York. 1922. First Edition.
First edition of The Classic of Spiritism, an unusual history and interpretation of spiritualism from antiquity to the beginning of the 20th century inscribed by its author Lucy McDowell Milburn to American sculptor and spiritualist Adelaide Johnson.
Written by medium Lucy McDowell Milburn, the wife of a prominent Indianapolis and Chicago-area clergyman, the book’s title is a reference to its claim that the Bible is in fact the “Master-work of psychic literature”, providing a thorough record of “miraculous” spirit phenomena. Milburn, like her contemporary Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, claims Christianity is spiritualist at its core and that the bible makes much more sense in light of the modern spiritualist movement, whose history she also seeks to provide. In addition to various other works, Milburn was also the author of Lost Letters from Lesbos in 1902 which contained lost poems and messages from the Greek poet Sappho, believed to be channeled by an Indianapolis medium.
This copy is inscribed by Milburn to Adelaide Johnson (1859 – 1955), noted artist and feminist regarded as “the sculptor of the women’s movement”. Her 1921 Portrait Monument depicting Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B Anthony, and Lucretia Mott is permanently housed at the US Capitol, having featured in the rotunda since 1997.
226pp. Green cloth boards with lettering to spine. Spine ends bumped and worn. Corners bumped. Textblock and pages toned. Minor soiling to boards. Inscribed on half-title to Adelaide Johnson. Includes original promotional inserts. Good.
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