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hardcover. Condizione: Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Stated at copyright: "Third Printing, March 23, 1931." Just a month following the first on February 9, 1931. Smooth, light maroonish coated cloth boards, blindstamped spine design and titles, moderate shelf, spine, corner wear. Pages very good; no writing. Bind good, square; back hinge reinforced. Endpaper art of five volcanic-like monstrosities w/faces grimacing down on an odd bunch of humans, and hear no, see no, speak no, monkeys; back endpaper partially clipped at corner. Classic, humorously odd illustration by Alexander King throughout. Twelve full-page plates startle with crazed miasmic imagery. Several vignettes and decoration. A thoroughly enjoyable read. Solid near very good intact original edition and publisher. Here are more tales of the unexplained recorded by Charles Fort with an introduction by Tiffany Thayer. Thayer opens with a hypothetical posting from observatory astronomers who have left their positions to discover a stationary non-rotating earth and stars as not-so-distant lights. Thayer was founder of the "Fortean Society". Charles Hoy Fort (1874-1932) is known for his humored, yet careful review of inexplicable phenomena. LO! is Charles Fort's third book following THE BOOK OF THE DAMNED (1919) and NEW LANDS (1923). In this title, Fort further compiles hundreds of beyond-normal human and animal phenomena. Fort was a Dutch-American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. He was a humorist and a satirist hugely skeptical especially of scientists' claims to ultimate knowledge. He flourished with a unique blend of mockery, penetrating insight, and calculated outrageousness. What follows is a parade of scientific anomalies framing the larger mystery that is existence. "Lo!" is a book with the capacity to rewire brains and sculpt new lenses for seeing the unexpected, the unexplained - and perhaps for glimpsing our own role in the cosmic milieu. Tongue in cheek, question all, perception is subjective, and objective. Fort's style is brilliantly off kilter, yet rhythmic, with a quirk quality that accents his unpredictable comedic timing. A must for anyone who enjoys philosophy, semantics, metaphysics, sci-fi, horror, and especially astronomy. Fort explores reports of teleportation, spontaneous combustion, the "hive mind," etc. Here are crews disappearing from ships at sea, cigar-shaped airships flying overhead, swarms of animals falling from the sky, strange creatures seen at sea, etc. Although Fort's approach is thorough, he calls attention to the limitations of logical explanation. Good natured snark ensues: "I cannot accept that the products of minds are subject-matter for beliefs;" "I am tired of the sensible explanations that are holding back new delusions;" "I am simply pointing out everybody's inability seriously to spend time upon something which, according to his preconceptions, is nonsense;" and, "This seems logical, and is therefore under suspicion." Colin Wilson on Fort: "The feeling that no matter how honest scientists think they are, they are influenced by unconscious assumptions that prevent true objectivity." People with a psychological desire to be curious and explore marvels and miracles are less predisposed to conclusions and less gullible than those with a need to believe in scientism or perfect science as law without flaw. This unorthodox title asks questions orthodox science dares not ask or answer. Thought provoking, astounding, outrageous - the truth about inexplicable phenomena by the man who "has shot the scientific basis of modern wisdom full of large holes." - Ben Hecht. "To read Charles Fort is to ride a comet!" - New York Times. 411 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. King, Alexander (illustratore). Book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. LO! by Charles Fort (First Edition) A firm copy with mild wear to edges and corners. Stain from newspaper clipping laid in, p. 188. Bookseller label to rear pastedown. Not price-clipped. A bright jacket. Moderate chips to edges, small chip to center of spine, and tanning to spine and flap-folds. In clear protective cover. No publication date given. Copyright 1931, title page verso. First printing with publisher's colophon/logo on copyright page. 12 illustration plates. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow lettering and designs; illustrated endpapers. Unexplained phenomena classic. Alexander King(Illustrator) Claude Kendall(Introduction) Tiffany Thayer(Introduction) (illustratore). BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. First printing; no other printings stated. Smooth, brown coated cloth boards, blindstamped spine design and titles, moderate shelf, edge wear, rub. Pages very good w/attractive toning. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Endpaper art of five volcanic-like monstrosities w/faces grimacing down on an odd bunch of humans and hear no, see no, speak no, monkeys. Classic, humorously odd illustration by Alexander King throughout. Twelve full-page plates startle with crazed miasmic imagery. Several vignettes and decoration. Rare mostly intact original pictorial dust wrapper, some material loss, rub, discoloration; unclipped 2.50, protected in new clear sleeve. Features versions of two of the miasmic images from interior with blurbs at front panel with full at back panel. Wonderfully delightful summary at front flap. Other bizarro novels and titles from Claude Kendall at back flap. A thoroughly enjoyable read. Rare near fine first edition in near good ultra rare original wrapper Here are more tales of the unexplained recorded by Charles Fort with an introduction by Tiffany Thayer. Thayer opens with a hypothetical posting from observatory astronomers who have left their positions to discover a stationary non-roating earth and stars not-so-distant lights. Thayer was founder of the "Fortean Society". Charles Hoy Fort (1874-1932) is known for his humored yet careful review of inexplicable phenomena. LO! is Charles Fort's third book following THE BOOK OF THE DAMNED (1919) and NEW LANDS (1923). In this title, Fort further compiles hundreds of beyond-normal human and animal phenomena. Fort was a Dutch-American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. He was a humorist and a satirist hugely skeptical especially scientists' claims to ultimate knowledge. He flourished with a unique blend of mockery, penetrating insight, and calculated outrageousness. What follows is a parade of scientific anomalies framing the larger mystery that is existence. "Lo!" is a book with the capacity to rewire brains and sculpt new lenses for seeing the unexpected, the unexplained - and perhaps for glimpsing our own role in the cosmic milieu.Tongue in cheek, question all, perception is subjective, and objective. Fort's style is brilliantly off kilter yet rhythmic, with a quirk quality that accents his unpredictable comedic timing. A must for anyone who enjoys philosophy, semantics, metaphysics, sci-fi, horror, and especially astronomy. Fort explores reports of teleportation, spontaneous combustion, the "hive mind," etc. Here are crews disappearing from ships at sea, cigar-shaped airships flying overhead, swarms of animals falling from the sky, strange creatures seen at sea, etc. Although Fort's approach is thorough, he calls attention to the limitations of logical explanation. Good natured snark ensues: "I cannot accept that the products of minds are subject-matter for beliefs;" "I am tired of the sensible explanations that are holding back new delusions;" "I am simply pointing out everybody's inability seriously to spend time upon something which, according to his preconceptions, is nonsense;" and, "This seems logical, and is therefore under suspicion." Colin Wilson on Fort: "the feeling that no matter how honest scientists think they are, they are influenced by unconscious assumptions that preventing true objectivity." People with a psychological desire to be curious and explore marvels and miracles are less predisposed to conclusions and less gullible than those with a need to believe in scientism or perfect science as law without flaw. This unorthodox title asks questions orthodox science dares not ask or answer. Thought provoking, astounding, outrageous - the truth about inexplicable phenomena by the man who "has shot the scientific basis of modern wisdom full of large holes." - Ben Hecht. "To read Charles Fort is to ride a comet!" - New York Times. 411 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. King, Alexander (illustratore). Book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. First printing; no other printings stated. Smooth, brown coated cloth boards, blindstamped spine design and titles, moderate shelf, edge wear, rub. Pages very good w/attractive toning. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Endpaper art of five volcanic-like monstrosities w/faces grimacing down on an odd bunch of humans and hear no, see no, speak no, monkeys. Classic, humorously odd illustration by Alexander King throughout. Twelve full-page plates startle with crazed miasmic imagery. Several vignettes and decoration. A thoroughly enjoyable read. Near very good first edition. Here are more tales of the unexplained recorded by Charles Fort with an introduction by Tiffany Thayer. Thayer opens with a hypothetical posting from observatory astronomers who have left their positions to discover a stationary non-roating earth and stars not-so-distant lights. Thayer was founder of the "Fortean Society". Charles Hoy Fort (1874-1932) is known for his humored yet careful review of inexplicable phenomena. LO! is Charles Fort's third book following THE BOOK OF THE DAMNED (1919) and NEW LANDS (1923). In this title, Fort further compiles hundreds of beyond-normal human and animal phenomena. Fort was a Dutch-American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. He was a humorist and a satirist hugely skeptical especially scientists' claims to ultimate knowledge. He flourished with a unique blend of mockery, penetrating insight, and calculated outrageousness. What follows is a parade of scientific anomalies framing the larger mystery that is existence. "Lo!" is a book with the capacity to rewire brains and sculpt new lenses for seeing the unexpected, the unexplained - and perhaps for glimpsing our own role in the cosmic milieu.Tongue in cheek, question all, perception is subjective, and objective. Fort's style is brilliantly off kilter yet rhythmic, with a quirk quality that accents his unpredictable comedic timing. A must for anyone who enjoys philosophy, semantics, metaphysics, sci-fi, horror, and especially astronomy. Fort explores reports of teleportation, spontaneous combustion, the "hive mind," etc. Here are crews disappearing from ships at sea, cigar-shaped airships flying overhead, swarms of animals falling from the sky, strange creatures seen at sea, etc. Although Fort's approach is thorough, he calls attention to the limitations of logical explanation. Good natured snark ensues: "I cannot accept that the products of minds are subject-matter for beliefs;" "I am tired of the sensible explanations that are holding back new delusions;" "I am simply pointing out everybody's inability seriously to spend time upon something which, according to his preconceptions, is nonsense;" and, "This seems logical, and is therefore under suspicion." Colin Wilson on Fort: "the feeling that no matter how honest scientists think they are, they are influenced by unconscious assumptions that preventing true objectivity." People with a psychological desire to be curious and explore marvels and miracles are less predisposed to conclusions and less gullible than those with a need to believe in scientism or perfect science as law without flaw. This unorthodox title asks questions orthodox science dares not ask or answer. Thought provoking, astounding, outrageous - the truth about inexplicable phenomena by the man who "has shot the scientific basis of modern wisdom full of large holes." - Ben Hecht. "To read Charles Fort is to ride a comet!" - New York Times. 411 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. King, Alexander (illustratore). Book.…

Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Signed by Charles Fort on the page following the front free endpaper in black ink, inscribed to previous owner. That owner's regifting below. [x], 411 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, spine lettered in yellow. Very Good with rubbing to spine lettering, slightly bumped corners, lacking dust jacket. A very rare signature from the reclusive pioneer of anomalous and paranormal research. The Fortean Society was founded with the release of this book, Fort's second to last; he died the following year. His namesake and spirit lives on via the British newsletter The Fortean Times. Signed.…