Some Human Oddities: Studies in the Queer, the Uncanny and the Fanatical

New Hyde Park, N.Y.: University Books, [1962]. Large octavo with green and red half-cloth boards; dark yellow endpapers; 198 pages; illustrations; 25 cm About very good (-); pages clean and binding tight; some mild external wear; prior owner stamp on front endpaper. See photos. No jacket. Hardcover.

Dr. Dingwall was a writer, parapsychologist, researcher and librarian. Six stories of "the darker fields of human activity" and hints at the "connection between occultism and sexuality." --Introduction.Contents: St. Joseph of Copertino: the friar who flew. James Allen: the man who was not. Berbiguier: bottler of spirits. The deacon of Paris: dead but still active. D.D. Home: sorcerer of kings. Angel Anna: the worman who failed.