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Doyle, Arthur Conan. The History of Spiritualism. Volume I.. Cassell and Company, London, 1926.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Rebound in library cloth binding. Splitting to gutter at frontispiece. One plate missing. 1" tear to margin of one leaf. Pencil notes on rear endpaper.; xiii, [1], [342] pages + 7 of 8 plates. Rebound in library cloth binding.; Ex-Library; 8vo
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Price: US$109.81 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 342p : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Arthur Conan Doyle. Spiritualism. History of spiritualism. 20th century spiritualism. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 342p : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Arthur Conan Doyle. Spiritualism. History of spiritualism. 20th century spiritualism. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The History of Spiritualism, Volume I. Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1926.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1926. [2], [i] - xiii, [1], 1-341, [3] pp. 24 x 17 cm. Volume I only. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titling to spine; no dustjacket. Faint staining to boards, with some wear and bumping to corners. Age toning to spine, with bumping to ends of spine and one 5 mm nick to head of spine. Label remnant to spine near tail. Dampstain to all edges of text block. Ex libris bookplate from The Authors' Club on front pastedown, with adhesive damage to four corners of plate and corresponding damage to free endpaper. Missing fourth plate from page 112 with Margaretta Fox-Kane, Kate Fox-Jencken, and Leah Underhill. Pencil erasures to recto of last blank page, which also has a 4.5 cm closed tear near the gutter at the head of the page. List of penciled probable page numbers on recto of rear free endpaper. Green and Gibson B37. This particular copy of Volume I of Doyle's 'The History of Spiritualism' bears the bookplate of The Authors' Club, which was founded in London in 1891by the novelist Water Besant. The purpose of the club was to create a space in which authors could meet, and over the years has featured guest speakers such as Mark Twain, Bram Stoker, and Frances Hodgson Burnett. The bookplate states that this copy was presented to the club's library by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in July of 1926. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: English edition of this two volume set, each has 342 pp and 8 black & white illus. tipped in, all are present. Dark blue blindings with gilt printing on spines, both have slight edgewear. (the American edition was printed in the same year by Doran)
Seller: Sagebrush Press, Morongo Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$481.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - 16 photographs Please see photos as part of condition report 1926 1st Edition , THE HISTORY OF SPIRITUALISM TWO VOLUMES By Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Cassell and Company Limited, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 684 ISBN: The History of Spiritualism by Arthur Conan Doyle, M.D., LL.D. is a collection of essays on spiritualism. It was first published in two volumes by Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, and George H. Doran Co. (New York) in June 1926. This work has grown from small disconnected chapters into a narrative which covers in a way the whole history of the Spiritualistic movement. This genesis needs some little explanation. I had written certain studies with no particular ulterior object save to gain myself, and to pass on to others, a clear view of what seemed to me to be important episodes in the modern spiritual development of the human race. These included the chapters on Swedenborg, on Irving, on A. J. Davis, on the Hydesville incident, on the history of the Fox sisters, on the Eddys and on the life of D. D. Home. These were all done before it was suggested to my mind that I had already gone some distance in doing a fuller history of the Spiritualistic movement than had hitherto seen the light — a history which would have the advantage of being written from the inside and with intimate personal knowledge of those factors which are characteristic of this modern development. SKU: BTETM0001611 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Seller: Books That Expand The Mind, Margate, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two volumes, 8vo, publisher's blue cloth, gilt. VOLUME 1: 8 plates including frontispiece, xiii [i], 341 [1]pp. VOLUME 2: 8 plates including frontispiece, viii [i], 342 [2]pp. Spines very slightly faded else an excellent near-fine set seldom seen in this condition. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published The History of Spiritualism in 1926, offering a thorough account of the movement which began in 1848 with the Fox Sisters, but had been brewing since long before. Doyle was one of the loudest and best-known evangelists for the religion in the early twentieth century. He, and its millions of followers, believed that we never die-we merely move on to another plane. Doyle's evidence, and the Spiritualist mediums who led the way, are all to be found within these pages.
Seller: Reginald C. Williams Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Each volume with half-title, frontispiece and 7 plates. Original blue publisher's cloth, sunned and lightly worn at spines, with some small tears in cloth at extremities in spine of Volume 2; light scattered foxing. Volume 1 has several articles laid-in, which have caused some browning. "Seven principles" of spiritualism written in an unknown hand to verso of list of illustrations. First edition. "This work has grown from small disconnected chapters into a narrative which covers in a way the whole history of the Spiritualistic movement." Doyle became interested in spiritualism after the death of his son Kinsley.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. THE HISTORY OF SPIRITUALISM, 2 Volumes. Cassell & Co., London, 1926.
Price: US$862.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume 1: 342 pages in very good condition; edges a little yellowed and light foxing on few first and last pages. With 8 plates. Volume 2: 342 pages in good condition; edges yellowed and light foxing on the endpapers and throughout the book. With 8 plates. Blue cloth with gilt titles on the spines. Corners very lightly bumped. Grey dust jackets with black titles. Spines and edges yellowed, small chips at head of spines. Light foxing on the jackets. Set scarce with dust jacket
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada