RAYMOND or, Life and Death

New York: George H, Doran, 1916. RAYMOND or, Life and Death- Sir Oliver Lodge- Illustrated-B&W-photos- George H, Doran-NY- 1916- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo- VG++/ no dj- original publishers green cloth with black titles-spine ends lightly rubbed, textblock and spine are tight- 404pp are clean, no tears or writing- illustrated with 18 glossy b&w photos including frontis- PSYCHICAL RESEARCH:: CRABTREE, 1714: Lodge's best known contribution to psychical research, this book focuses on his son Raymond who had been killed in the First World War. Lodge gives the reader an intimate sketch of his son as a young soldier through letters written by him from the front and letters from other army men who knew him. He then presents a mass of mediumistically obtained material which provided what Lodge considered to be evidence of Raymond's survival of death and his communication with his loved ones on earth. The book concludes with a long philosophical discussion of the meaning of life and death in the light of the evidence of human survival." -Non-fiction-death-survival-philosophical-after Death Communication-Illustrated (1199). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. VG++/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated-B&W-photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.