Doyle (Arthur Conan) ;-
OUR SECOND AMERICAN ADVENTURE. First English edition
Hodder & Stoughton, London, n.d. [1924]. Cloth. 250 pages. Nine
photographic illustrations. This volume is the third and last of
a trilogy; psychic travels; deals with the events of 1923,
reaching the Pacific Coast and returning by way of Canada. 8vo.
Original black - First Edition. A very good copy in the scarce
frayed and torn dust jacket. This book describes the author’s
1923 American tour
With the author’s signed inscription/dedication in ink on the
title page:
With warm recognition
of kindness received from
Mr. & Mrs.Berrington.
A. Conan Doyle
* Henry Berrington; spiritualist. Inserted is a photocopy of
Berrington’s letter published in the Belfast Telegraph of 24th
January 1922 in defence of a Mrs. Wreidt, a well know medium at
the time, regarding spiritualist events she conducted. Plus a
typed summary of this letter.
See: Richard Lancelyn Green & John Michael Gibson: A Bibliography
of A. Conan Doyle B33 Published 15 February 1924. 1,000 copies.
10/6
Published in the series Soho Bibliographies. Oxford University
Press , 1983
Arthur Conan Doyle tells his second tour of America and Canada
(one year after the first one) from 3 April and 4 August 1923
where travelling from New York to Rochester, Hydesville,
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago, St.
Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and Canada.
£ 950
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