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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Case for Spirit Photography. London: Hutchinson & Co., n.d. [1922].
8vo. Illustrated from photographs. Original green cloth-backed printed boards (extremes a bit worn and sunned, some offsetting, corners bumped). Provenance: The British College of Psychic Science Limited (ex-library bookplate); The International Institute for Psychic Investigation Ltd. (rubberstamp).
RARE FIRST BRITISH EDITION, written to defend William Hope and the Crewe Circle’s spirit photographs after they were accused of fraud by Harry Price at a sitting in January 1922. WITH A CLIPPED SIGNATURE (“Yours Faithfully Arthur Conan Doyle”) mounted on the title-page, and an original portrait photograph of Doyle on front pastedown. Other than the mention in Green & Gibson, we have been unable to locate any copies bound in cloth making this copy extremely rare. Green & Gibson B31a (“a few copies were bound in cloth”).