Raudive Breakthrough 1971 1st Ed HC DJ Electronic Voices of the Dead EVP Ghosts

by Raudive, Konstantin

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BREAKTHROUGH: An Amazing Experiment in Electronic Communication with the Dead Konstantin Raudive, Ph.D. — Colin Smythe Limited, Gerrards Cross, 1971 First English-language edition, first printing. Hardcover with original dust jacket. The foundational text of Electronic Voice Phenomena. Raudive, a Latvian parapsychologist and former student of Jung, made over 100,000 tape recordings of what he believed were the voices of the dead. Colin Smythe's house conducted their own experiments before agreeing to publish, and it was around this edition that the term "EVP" entered English. Later the acknowledged inspiration for the film White Noise (2005), and a touchstone for experimental and hauntological music going back decades. Translated from the German by Nadia Fowler, edited by Joyce Morton, preface by Peter Bander. xxxi + 391 pages with black-and-white plates and technical appendices. Bibliographic details: SBN 900675 543. Printed and bound in Great Britain by The Garden City Press Ltd, Letchworth. First published 1971; no later impression stated. Dust jacket not price-clipped — original UK price £3.50 present on the front flap. An uncommon title in the first UK edition with jacket. Ships securely packed and tracked from Canada.

• Publisher: Colin Smythe
• Year: 1971
• Condition: Good

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