THE INNER SECRETS OF PSYCHOLOGY
Book Details + Condition: C. Alexander Publishing Co. (Los Angeles, CA). First Edition, 1924. Complete five-volume hardcover set, in publisher's dark blue cloth embossed boards, stamped in gilt. Pagination: 187pp; 195pp; 219pp; 228pp; 191pp. Illustrated with b&w frontis portrait of Alexander, in his well known Orientalist garb. Very scarce as a complete set, as few copies of Alexander's "Magnum Opus" were sold - likely due to the original high price of $25 per set in 1924. This “self-help” course was meant to assist readers in discovering their innate mental powers. Each book of the five-volume set focuses on the development and understanding of such topics as:
- Creative Thought-Power
- Personal Magnetism
- Psychology of Sex
- Psychology of Health
- Astral-Plane Phenomena
- And much more.
Claude Alexander Conlin (June 30, 1880 – August 5, 1954), also known as Alexander, C. Alexander, Alexander the Crystal Seer, and Alexander the Man Who Knows, was an American spiritual author, vaudeville magician who specialized in mentalism and psychic reading acts, dressed in Oriental style robes and a feathered turban, and often used a crystal ball as a prop. In addition to performing, he also worked privately for clients, giving readings. He was the author of several pitch books, New Thought pamphlets, and psychology books, as well as texts for stage performers. His stage name was "Alexander," and as an author he wrote under the name "C. Alexander." [Wikipedia]
A clean and solid copy of a very scarce complete first edition set. For all volumes: overall in very good condition, with firm binding; minor and light shelf wear; interiors are clean and free of markings, save stamp of original owner to top of title pages. Fading of the gilt to spines and fronts of some volumes. Frontis portrait (identical across all volumes) is missing in Vol 5, which also has a bumped lower edge to rear board.
