(#167365) DR. ZELL AND THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RELATION OF ADVENTURES IN THE LIFE OF A DISTINGUISHED MODERN NECROMANCER, SEER AND THEOSOPHIST. Warren Richardson.

DR. ZELL AND THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RELATION OF ADVENTURES IN THE LIFE OF A DISTINGUISHED MODERN NECROMANCER, SEER AND THEOSOPHIST. New York: L. Kabis and Company, Publishers, 1892. Octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-6 vii-viii [9] 10-342 [343-344: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], flyleaves at front and rear, original light blue cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in gold, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in olive green. First edition. An occult novel that appeared at a time when the country was fascinated with spiritualists and Madame Blavatsky was at her height. DR. ZELL AND THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE "is one of the best examples of eccentric American fantastic fiction of the nineteenth century. Highly readable, and chock-full of sensational motifs: astrology, ghosts, personality exchange, cross-dressing, etc. The story begins in a small New Hampshire town, moves to New York City, then to Austria, then back to New Hampshire, where it ends on a note of disenchantment with occult matters, a highly unusual tone in such works, which are generally enthusiastic through and through" (Robert Eldridge). A work of genius according to Stuart Teitler. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1383. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 94. Bleiler (1978), p. 167. Reginald 12224. Wright (III) 4535. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends and corners, a very good copy. (#167365).

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