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Lot 33

POWELL, J.H. Sketch of the Lives of the Davenport Brothers,...

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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POWELL, J.H. Sketch of the Lives of the Davenport Brothers, With an Account of Their Manifestations in America and England. London: Job Caudwell, ca. (1865). Publisher’s cream wraps, the upper decorated with a woodcut of the brothers tied in their Spirit Cabinet. Retained in later blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Woodcut illustration of the Brothers’ séance in action to title page. [1 – 2], 3 – 48. 8vo. Penciled marginalia, light foxing, chips and rubbing to wraps, dog-eared pages, but good condition or better overall. Toole Stott 811. SCARCE.