THE LILY-WREATH OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNICATIONS
Book Details + Condition: Partridge and Brittan (New York, NY). Second Edition, 1855 (First Edition was the previous year). Very scarce. Hardcover with embossed and blind-stamped decorative boards. 188 pages. Volume on Spiritualism and mediumship subtitled, "Received chiefly through the Mediumship of Mrs. J.S. Adams". A Christian-based series of visits before the medium Mary Adams, the author's "guardian" offers guidance on an array of topics. Very rare pre-Civil War channeling. Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; fraying to spine ends; wear to boards; lean to book; toning throughout; old water stain present to first and last several pages.