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![DOYLE, Sir Arthur (1859-1930). The Vital Message. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1919].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/3829/38296396.jpeg?t=1WRESQ)
Lot 56
DOYLE, Sir Arthur (1859-1930). The Vital Message. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1919].
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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DOYLE, Sir Arthur (1859-1930). The Vital Message. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1919]. Illustrated with four photographs. [228] pp. Publisher's full black cloth, boards ruled in blind, spine ruled and lettered in gilt. FIRST BOOK EDITION, INSCRIBED BY DOYLE ON THE TITLE-PAGE: "Yours Sincerely Arthur Conan Doyle July - 1921".
Doyle's treatise on Spiritualism and the Bible, with illustrations of spirit photography.
Condition
Recased without ffep., spine a bit sunned and rubbed, some rubbing to corners, some offsetting to half-title and rfep., text lightly toned, minor ink offsetting opposite title-page from Doyle's inscription. Very good.
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