Science Being by Fersen Eugene: First Edition (7 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Limp boards bound in faux reptile leather with a gilt emblem to the front. All edges gilt. Silk bookmark sewn in. Small octavo.[xii] 329pp. (2). "Information for the Reader" sheet laid in. The text is printed in a brown ink with many passages in gilt. Many illustrations and decorative elements within the text are also beautifully rendered in brown and gold. A little shelf wear to the cover and edges. Very tight binding. A metaphysical work that attempts to explain the nature of existence, consciousness, and humanity's place in the universe through a synthesis of spiritual philosophy, psychology, and what Fersen regarded as universal scientific principles. The central argument is that human beings possess latent spiritual and mental powers that can be consciously developed through understanding the immutable "laws" governing life. Fersen founded. The Lightbearers movement which is still active today.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, bound in publisher's brown leather. Flexible boards, gilt device on the top board, silk moire endpapers. Contemporary name of former owner on blank prelim. All edges gilt. Pages clean. A copy in fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 12mo, 329pp., illustrated by Malcolm Thurnburn (though he is not credited by name in the book). A very good copy in the publisher's alligator-like binding. Some residue to spine, and the spine does seem strengthened/repaired; contents very crisp and tight. Some related ephemera laid-in; two of these pieces havve numerous partially legible annotations in an unknown hand (conclusively NOT Fersen's). A wonderful little book by this early 20th century mystic and spiritualist. The text is printed in brown and gold, and there are numerous full-page illustrations and inset decorative elements very much in the late Art Nouveau style. Scarce in commerce, and we will note that every other copy we've ever seen is in a brown alligator binding; not this black/grey and white patterned binding.…

First edition of Fersen's manifesto on the workings of the universe and the origins of man. The book is made up of seven "lessons", covering spiritualism, life energy, and the mind. Fersen (1879-1956) emigrated to America from Russia just before the First World War, where he became a notable figure in the early New Age Spirituality movement of the 1920s. He founded his spiritual organization, the Lightbearers, in 1921, and started a university in Washington focused on his teachings. Small octavo. Illustrated title page and chapter heads, printed in brown and gilt throughout. Original brown leatherette, gilt device on front cover, brown endpapers, grey silk bookmarker. With early, possibly original, glassine and brown card box. A fine copy.…

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Bound in publisher's pinkish leather binding over semi-flexible boards, with emblem stamped in gilt on front cover; housed in publisher's card box. Near Fine with light soiling to covers. Gift inscription on upper lid of box with offsetting and light soiling, small split to bottom lid at right edge with foxing at base. An unusual binding variant of New Thought teachings from the Russian born mystic.…

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Bound in publisher's dark brown leatherette binding over semi-flexible boards, with emblem stamped in gilt on front cover, in original glassine wrapper housed in original brown card-paper box with two publisher's prospectuses laid in. Fine, virtually as new, in a Near Fine toned glassine which is lightly edge-worn and has a short split at the end of one of the flap folds. Near Fine original box with light staining and a split to one corner of the lower tray. Bookstore rubber stamp to one prospectus, with two holographic strike outs to the text, one being to the price and the other the text reading "synthetic Rajah lizard skin cover." At the very least, this points to different variants if not issues or states. Bibliographic musings aside--a rather nice copy, uncommon in the original brown box and with extra materials laid in.…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Signed by Eugene Fersen in gold ink, and inscribed to feminist and birth control activist Margaret Sanger. Illustrations attributed to Malcolm Thurber. Bound in publisher's dark brown faux-alligator leatherette binding over semi-flexible boards, with emblem stamped in gilt on front cover; lacking the box. Very Good with rubbing to covers. Cloth endpapers with slight separation starting between cloth and paper at front and rear free endpapers. Pages slightly wavy throughout, and lightly toned. Very uncommon signed. Signed. …