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19522111902161002666Getsuyo shobo 1952. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Getsuyo shobo paperback
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190549015London: George Newnes Ltd. 1905. 8vo. 403 4 pp. First edition. Bound in full blue calf with five raised bands and gilt panelled spine. Bound by Bayntun's of Bath. Blue cloth slipcase. Leather title labels to spine which is slightly faded but uniformly and barely noticable because of the amount of gilt. All edges gilt. Gilt leather doublures and marbled endpapers. Illustrations by Sidney Paget. Scratch to the slip case. A fine clean handsome copy. . Near Fine. Full Calf. First Edition. 1905. George Newnes, Ltd. 1905 unknown
200551844New York: W. W. Norton. New. 2005. Hardcover. 039305800X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - 992 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . W. W. Norton hardcover
189423763London: Newnes 1894. A first edition first issue of 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes' published by Newnes in 1894. Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and Strand Library design on upper covers and gilt label on spine. A very good or better copy without inscriptions small blindstamp to the top of the endpaper accompanied by a name gutters are uncracked and very good indeed some rubbing to the corners and extremities. A much nicer copy than is usually encountered. A collection of detective stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. It includes famous cases such as "The Musgrave Ritual" "The Greek Interpreter" and "The Final Problem" where Holmes confronts Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. The collection deepens Holmes's character reveals his brother Mycroft and mixes clever deductions with gothic atmosphere danger and Victorian mystery making it one of the most memorable Holmes volumes. Newnes hardcover
18984972London: Smith Elder & Co. 1898 1898. Inscribed by Conan Doyle. Second impression published four weeks after the first printing. Small 8vo. 173x100mm. pp. viii 136. Blue buckram decorated in gilt to upper cover and lettered in gilt on the spine. Some rubbing to extremities and to joints and fading to spine. Some toning to the uncut edges but otherwise in excellent condition throughout. Title page is inscribed "With A Conan Doyle's kind regards. Oct 1899". On page 45 at the end of "A Ballad of the Ranks" Conan Doyle has added in manuscript and dated October 1899 a final eight line verse which begins: "Who carries the gun A lad from over the sea Australian Canadian All of the same old tree." This additional verse was written specially written by Conan Doyle for a concert at the London Press Club in November 1899 where it was sung by Franklin Clive see Ashbourne News Telegraph 10th November 1899. It seems not to have been included in any published versions of the poem and so represents an original unpublished writing by Conan Doyle in his own hand. London: Smith, Elder, & Co. 1898 hardcover
1930ABE-1715362271295Doubleday Doran & Company 1930 The Crowborough Edition Of the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Signed and number set - limited to 760 sets. This set is number 361. The first volume is signed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Publisher's brown paper covered boards; oatmeal-coloured buckram spines with paper title label; top edges gilt others untrimmed. All volumes are in Fine condition. Dust jackets mostly fine with the exception of a few wolumes with small closed tears and a chip to the foot of the spine of one volume. Free Shipping. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Doubleday Doran & Company hardcover
1892150680London: George Newnes 1892. First edition first issue of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic work starring literature's most famous detective with the misprint of "Violent Hunter" for "Violet Hunter" on page 317. Octavo original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue cloth patterned endpapers all edges gilt. With numerous in-text illustrations by Sidney Paget. In very good condition. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes which first appeared in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. Collected in the same sequence which is not supported by any fictional chronology the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson and all are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view. Stories include A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League A Case of Identity The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle The Adventure of the Speckled Band The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor The Adventure of Beryl Coronet and The Adventure of the Copper Beeches. George Newnes hardcover
1920146985c. 1920s. Rare archive of eight unsigned handwritten manuscripts by Arthur Conan Doyle containing notes on seances and Spiritualism totaling eleven pages on nine sheets most undated but circa 1920s. Eleven pages on nine sheets autograph manuscript ranging in size from 3.5 inches by 5 inches to 8.25 inches x 10.5 inches. For many of his later years Doyle intensely pursued his interest in paranormal phenomena and by the end of World War I he identified himself as a Spiritualist believing in a spirit world and the ability to communicate with those beyond the grave. He established the specialized Psychic Bookshop in 1925 devoted entirely to the sale of spiritualistic and psychic books; he later formed a small museum in the basement showcasing various objects relevant to ghosts and the spirit world. In the following notes and manuscripts Doyle documents his firsthand experiences with spirits and seances recording specific instances of 'spirit rapping' clairvoyance and 'spirit voices' heard on the telephone. The collection includes: A handwritten page headed "Seance with Mrs. Falconer Feb. 2/22" in part: "Clairvoyant who spoke sometimes thro' her control - sometimes possessed. Lady came with flowers & love. Wallace apparently with congratulations. Prof. Simpson said I should uphold client. Judge Dewar said he was with his boy. Knew more than he did. .Bonnie. Scotch girl who sang. Said I had a great Spirit escort with me." In his 1926 book of essays The History of Spiritualism Doyle notes that 'Mrs. Falconer of Edinburgh is. a trance medium of considerable power.' The sheet is affixed to a larger scrapbook page with a letter to Doyle by Spiritualist lecturer Horace Leaf affixed on the reverse. A handwritten page headed "Seance with Mr. Love & Ness' Circle in Glasgow. Feb. 8/22" in part: "Lights the electric flasher. Voices on the telephone. Russell Wallace who belled me & said he would always be with us. K.C.P. who said he loved to come. Said he was always with me on the platform. That he adored Denis & would guard him. That he was happy. That he hoped I would see him soon. Scotch soldier. had 4 days of misery. 'I am not an angel but am on my way to it.' Caruso sang twice. Stead said a few words. Poor Russian came said 'Poor mother! Poor mother! Starving in Moscow.' Oscovitch or some such name." A lengthy handwritten manuscript dated June 26 1924 in part: "I had a sitting. at the Psychic College. I had made the appointment anonymously. She announced to me afterwards that she did not recognise me. The light was subdued. In any case she had no means of knowing my prophetic information. This is merely an extract. Her pride White Hawk speaking. A young Brave is here. Leslie. Leslie was my brother in law killed in the war. What follows is so characteristic of my son that I think it is possible they were both present. He was connected with Mary on the earth plane. Mary is my surviving elder daughter. He tell me that Mary very clever make harmony - music you call it. This is true. She composes brilliantly. Leslie says 'Give out the message fearlessly. Tell them of the coming world changes. Prepare the way. They will listen to you. We are only at the beginning.' When will it come. You have a book - not what George wrote but what the old time people - yes the Bible. You are told in the Revelations of the wrath to come. The first trial is past. The second is beginning and he tells me you will be interested. The next is pestilence famine. Before long there will come a mysterious disease among the children. That is the beginning of the pestilence. The power of cure is given to those people who have the knowledge and the cure will be the laying on of hands. Tell the people that over the heavens there are signs now showing you those who have eyes to see. You will read Revelations with greater understanding." Handwritten notes on a sheet of Windlesham letterhead in part: "The first night at Hydesville. Dr. Campbell's narrative. 'The neighbours called in others who after investigation were so much confounded as at first. The family being somewhat alarmed & much fatigued left the house for the night. It rapped the ages of every one present & the numbers of their children which two girls of 9 and 7 could hardly know. William. went into the cellar with several others & made every one else leave the house in spite of which they had raps above them. He sent Stephen Smith up to confirm the fact that no one was above them. Mrs. Hardinge's account. 'As it was deemed best for Mrs. Fox & her children to seek the shelter of a neighbour's house on the night of March 31 when they had departed Mr. Fox & his neighbours 70 or 80 remained to question the mysterious visitor by the knocks.'" Handwritten notes on a sheet of Hotel Majestic letterhead in part: "Have just had a remarkable sitting with Mrs. Stansfield of Bradford in the house of Mrs. Gould. There came raps on the floor. I asked if it was some one who died in France. Yes. Whom I know No. Would it spell Raymond. Did it know my son my brother Henry Irving. Yes. All 5 were happy. He would take my love to each. He knew that his father was doing great work in America. Then we tried the crystal. Got a note from R appended. Then a drawing of Nurse Cavell Monument beautiful. This medium was sent to Kirkstall Abbey to find a ruby. Found it. uncut gem. Had it cut & made three good rings from it. She has one Mrs. Gould one. Saw them." A handwritten note on a blank envelope in full: "Account of a seance as given by Alexander Henry among the Red Indians in 1759 corresponding very closely with one which is given in 'Old New Zealand as occurring among the Marois early in the 18th century." A handwritten note on a White Star Line stationery envelope in full: "A dark spirit might steal up to a mediumistic light as a tiger might steal up to the camp fire of a traveller. Note in the Voyage - that the American workman comes from Monday to Saturday. It used to be from Tuesday or Wednesday to Saturday." A partial manuscript marked "3" transcribing a quote by physicist and Spiritualist researcher Oliver Lodge: "I tell you with all the strength of the conviction which I can muster that we do persist that people continue to take an interest in what is going on & that they are able to communicate with us. I say it on scientific grounds. I say that certain dead friends of mine exist because I have talked with them." In fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional collection documenting Conan Doyle's experiences with the spiritual realm. Doyle had a longstanding interest in mystical subjects and was preoccupied by the idea of paranormal phenomena and his fascination with the practice of communicating with the dead was amplified when his son Kingsley was killed in military service during World War I in 1918. He wrote several works on spiritualism including The New Revelation 1918 The Vital Message 1919 and The Wanderings of a Spiritualist 1921 and became a member of the the renowned supernaturalist organization The Ghost Club. He established the specialized Psychic Bookshop in 1925 devoted entirely to the sale of spiritualistic and psychic books; he later formed a small museum in the basement showcasing various objects relevant to ghosts and the spirit world. unknown