Beauty Unknown Through Daphne and Nelson
Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Claude Stark Inc., 1974. Daphne And Nelson. First Edition. Hardcover.
BEAUTY UNKNOWN THROUGH DAPHNE AND NELSON. Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Claude Stark, Inc., 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Illustrated throughout with color plates (complete). Publisher’s boards. Clean with mild toning especially on the rear boards, firmly bound, and well-preserved. First and only edition of this unusual mid-1970s metaphysical and visionary art volume issued by Claude Stark, Inc. The work presents a series of 27 color plates of so-called “psychic drawings of spirit beings,” each accompanied by interpretive or channelled textual material attributed to “Daphne and Nelson,” functioning as mediums or conduits for the images and accompanying messages. Typical of 1970s American New Age and occult-adjacent small press production, the book blends visionary illustration, spiritualist narrative, and metaphysical commentary in a format characteristic of the era’s independent esoteric publishing movement. The result is an artifact situated between outsider art documentation and New Age spiritual literature. Near Fine. Hardcover binding is clean, square, and firmly bound. Boards show minimal handling wear. Internally clean with all color plates present and intact. No markings or inscriptions noted beyond penciled prices from previous dealers on title page. A notably well-preserved example of a fragile and relatively scarce privately issued work. Issued in a small print run and seldom encountered in this condition with all plates present. Works of this type occupy a niche collecting area encompassing 1970s metaphysical publishing, psychic art documentation, and American New Age ephemera.
. Near Fine. Item #471Price: $200.00