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Posthumous humanity: a study of phantoms

a study of phantoms

Also known as Posthumous humanity

by Adolphe d' Assier, Benno Loewy, Henry Steel Olcott & Harry Houdini Collection DLC

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, French
  • Content type: Primary source

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Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences, Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, and Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and wikisource matched “Spiritualism”. Retained metadata contains “Spiritualism” in the subject metadata.

    • Spiritualism· via Internet Archive
    • Spiritualism· via Open Library
    • Spiritualism· via English Wikisource
    • Spiritualism· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Apparitions”. Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the subject metadata.

    • Apparitions· via Internet Archive
    • Apparitions· via Open Library
    • Apparitions· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Future life”. Retained metadata contains “Future life” in the subject metadata.

    • Future life· via Internet Archive
    • Future life· via Open Library
    • Future life· in subject

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Editions

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a study of phantoms

English Wikisource transcription linked to Wikidata

1883George William Redway; London : G. Redway; London : George RedwayEnglish, FrenchPublic reader

Subjects

4 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: google
  • Scanner: Kirtas APT 2400
  • Scanner: scribe3.boston.archive.org
  • Wikidata edition/translation work relation followed for author, date, language, subject, and identifier enrichment.
  • Wikidata instance type: version, edition or translation; written work
  • Wikidata item description: essay on spirits
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL6092759W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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