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[DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859–1930)]. The “Arch Adept” of the “First Degree”, The Hindu’s “Astral Bell”: The Curse, the Doom of Major General J.B. Heatherstone; “The Mystery of Cloomber”. Edited by Lauron William de Laurence. Chicago: de Laurence, Scott & Co., 1910. 8vo. Frontispiece from photograph. Original gilt–lettered plum cloth (a bit of fraying at ends, hinges starting). Provenance: William F. Bake (ownership signature on front free endpaper). FIRST PIRATED EDITION of Doyle’s 1888 work “The Mystery of Cloomber”, edited by the Chicago publisher of occult and spiritual topics. INSCRIBED BY DE LAURENCE on front free endpaper.