HUMAN NATURE AND THE NERVES - 1st 1857 - PHRENOLOGY, SPIRITUALISM, PHYSIOLOGY 1st EDITION / SIGNED / RARE Extensive b&w illustrations: 23 plates

Extensive b&w illustrations: 23 plates & 374 line drawings / engravings in text

which it bears superficial resemblances to

Author: Colonel Garnier

The Novel Magazine was a major avenue for "up and coming" late 19th and early 20th century supernatural and horror writers as a venue to publish their works

Title: THE OPENERS OF THE GATE: STORIES OF THE OCCULT

HUMAN NATURE AND THE NERVES - 1st 1857 - PHRENOLOGY, SPIRITUALISM, PHYSIOLOGY 1st EDITION / SIGNED / RARE Extensive b&w illustrations: 23 platesTHE MYSTERIES OF HUMAN NATURE EXPLAINED BY A NEW SYSTEM OF NERVOUS PHYSIOLOGY Book Details + Condition: R. M. Wanzer (Buffalo). First Edition, 1857. Scarce. 432 pages. Hardcover. James Stanley Grimes (b. 1807) wrote extensively on phrenology, mesmerism, and geonomy. This work is subtitled, "To which is added, a review of the errors of Spiritualism, and instructions for developing or resisting the influence by which subjects and mediums are made."