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First edition. Anne Rice's complex spiritual journey from Catholicism to atheism and later return to Christianity greatly influenced her writing, and was also reflected in her reading interests. Late in life, she turned to New Age Spiritualism. This vanity publication is an example, consisting of tape-recorded transcripts between Dr. Mandel, a naturopath, and his numerous teachers and healers from the "great galaxy of departed souls," including many celebrities such as Clark Gable, Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK, Marilyn Monroe, and others, as well as his own late daughter. This parallels Rice's loss of her own daughter at the age of 5 in 1972 from Leukemia, an event which impacted her deeply and inspired her writing ofInterview with the Vampire. The book itself is scarce, with OCLC citing 6 holdings. A wonderful example of occult literature which influenced the great horror author. 8vo, 528pp. From the library of Anne Rice with her ownership signature to ffep. Publisher's blue cloth boards, spine lettered in silver in bright yellow and white jacket. Endpapers toned, boards a touch foxed else near fine in jacket with some edge wear and a few small tears.

First edition. First edition. [3] 428520. One of the earliest American reports on the photographic innovations by Daguerre and Talbot. This significant issue of Democratic Review includes one of the earliest American accounts of the pioneering discoveries in photography by Louis Daguerre and William Henry Fox Talbot. The article "Photogenic Drawing" (pp. 517520) offers a detailed overview of Daguerre's daguerreotype process, highlighting images such as a view of Paris from the Pont des Arts, a crouching Venus statue, and a spider magnified under a microscope. However, except for the Venus photograph, the other images mentioned are now lost. The section on Daguerre draws from Henri Gaucheraud's article, published on January 6, 1839, in La Gazette de France, and Samuel F. B. Morse's report, "The Daguerrotipe" from The New-York Observer (April 20, 1839). The article also covers Talbot's photogenic drawing, referencing his "Account of the Processes employed in Photogenic Drawing," presented to The Royal Society in February 1839 and published in The Literary Gazette. This publication captures a critical moment in the early history of photography and its introduction to the American public. . Light foxing throughout. Otherwise in very good condition.