J W DUNNE An Experiment with Time 1927 1st HB, signed by G E M SKUES

This copy belonged to G E M Skues, and has been signed and dated by him to the ffep. The connection being that Skues was a British lawyer, author and fly fisherman most noted for the invention of modern-day nymph fishing, and J W Dunne, a soldier, philosopher and engineer, was also a keen dry fly fisherman whose first book, published in 1924, was on dry fly fishing with a new method of making realistic artificial flies.

A & C Black, London, 1927. Hardback, bound in the original blue cloth with gilt titling to spine.

22.5 x 14.5cm, 208pp. An Experiment with Time was about Dunne's precognitive dreams and a theory of time which he later called "Serialism".

The first half of the book describes a number of precognitive dreams, most of which Dunne himself had experienced. His key conclusion was that such precognitive visions foresee future personal experiences by the dreamer and not more general events. The second half develops a theory to try and explain them. Dunne's starting point is the observation that the moment of "now" is not described by science. Contemporary science described physical time as a fourth dimension and Dunne's argument led to an endless sequence of higher dimensions of time to measure our passage through the dimension below.

Accompanying each level was a higher level of consciousness. At the end of the chain was a supreme ultimate observer. This copy is in very good condition for age. There is one small ripple to the rear joint of the spine and a little light surface marking to the rear board. There is tanning to the ffep, along with an Oriental stamp (below Skues' signature).

Otherwise the pages are clean and the inner binding secure. The image shown is the book you will receive, we do not use stock images. This item is in the category "Books, Comics & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectable". The seller is "coxandbudgebooks" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Non-Fiction Subject: Paranormal & Supernatural
• Year Printed: 1927
• Binding: Hardback
• Author: J W Dunne
• Language: English
• Publisher: A & C Black
• Special Attributes: Signed, 1st Edition