The Mystery and Lore of Apparitions
$20.00
The original 1930 edition, meticulously preserved. This edition moves beyond the sterile, mass-market reproductions often found today to bring you a premium Collector’s Facsimile. Every page maintains the historical pagination and aesthetic of the source text, paired with a bespoke cover design unique to this imprint.
In The Mystery and Lore of Apparitions (1930), C. J. S. Thompson traces humankind’s enduring fascination with ghosts, phantoms, and the supernatural across millennia—from Babylonian clay tablets and Egyptian tombs to medieval castles and Victorian parlors. Blending antiquarian curiosity with the measured eye of a historian, Thompson catalogues ghostly visitations, prophetic dreams, and spectral illusions not merely as superstition but as cultural mirrors reflecting humanity’s attempts to understand death, memory, and the unseen. Scholarly yet atmospheric, the book invites readers to wander through the shadowed corridors of folklore and belief where reason and wonder continue to meet.
