Description: INSTANTANEOUS PERSONAL MAGNETISMby Edmund Shaftesbury [Webster Edgerly] Cleveland: The Ralston Society, 1949. Hardcover. 370p. A hardcover book in good condition with the RARE dustjacket. Corners barely bumped; spine cloth slightly wrinkled. Endpapers lightly foxed. Owner's stamp inside. Underlining and marginalia on many pages, but the majority of the text is still clean, and the binding is tight. The jacket is heavily edgeworn and foxed; front flap is spitting off. Still mostly intact. Item #311703 Prolific author and social reformer Webster Edgerly (1852-1926) was a self-styled lifestyle expert who promoted an ideology called Ralstonism. His beliefs were rooted in racism and pseudoscience, advocating euthanasia to ultimately repopulate the world with "ideal" Caucasian people. This particular book is one of his self-help manuals about optimizing personal charm, health, and hygiene, interspersed with elements of spiritualism.
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Location: Dayton, Ohio
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Binding: Hardcover
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
Topic: Psychology
Subject: Science & Medicine
Year Printed: 1949