British writer and physician (1859-1930). Autograph letter signed. Crowborough. 1 p. Large-8vo. On printed letterhead; slightly age toned.
$ 3,922 / 3.500 €
(100367)
To Caroline Inez Crawley, 'Lady Cavan', to whom he wishes to send documents belonging to her husband, the British Field Marshal Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan. „[…] I have a number of papers with which General Lord Cavan kindly entrusted me. Would it be correct to forward to this address. They are so precious that I fear to make any mistake. I do not know of any papers of the 14th. Corps subsequent to the Somme Battle have come home. I should be greatly obliged if I might see them. There is of course no question of any publication for a year or two […]“ Lord Cavan took part with the newly formed XIV Corps in the Battle of the Somme and the Third Battle of Flanders. Doyle wrote the article series The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914–1918, which was published between 1916 and 1920..
British writer and physician (1859-1930). Autograph letter signed. Royal Leamington Spa. 8vo. 1 p. Biofolium. Printed address.
$ 2,802 / 2.500 €
(100479)
He is currently trying to consolidate his books with a single publisher and is afraid he may not be able to commit to what his correspondent is asking of him: „I am trying to concentrate my books into one firm at present as I fear I cant promise what you ask […]“
British writer and physician (1859-1930). „The Strand Magazine“ signed by Arthur Conan Doyle on the cover. 4to.
$ 2,241 / 2.000 €
(102772)
"The Strand Magazine for July (some wear) with an article titled "Is Sir Oliver Lodge Right", in which Conan Doyle and fellow author Edward Clodd give their opinions for and against life after death. The front cover of the magazine asks "Can the Dead Communicate with the Living? YES by A. Conan Doyle / NO by Edward Clodd". It is signed "Arthur Conan Doyle and he has circled "YES". The debate resulted from the publication of a book "Raymond" by Lodge, renowned physicist, about the life and "after life" of his son who was killed in WWI.
Included is a signed studio photograph by Lafayette and Lodge of Oliver Lodge and two typed letters signed to Dr Cobb referring to his review of "Raymond" and another discussing the power of mediums..
britischer Schriftsteller (1859-1930). Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Crowborough, Sussex. Gr.-8vo. 1 1/2 pp. Gedr. Briefkopf.
$ 3,922 / 3.500 €
(94937)
An einen Allerton Cushman vermutlich wegen einer Gerichtssache: „Your visit was a great pleasure to me. I shall get to work on Hope presently but I want to know more about that 5th plate. It is the one & only snag. The theory of the prosecution is that the marked plate was kept after abstraction, that Hope used them not knowing it was marked and that it is now a damning witness aginst him. So I read it. I don’t see much forcd in the objection „If a fifth where is the sixth?“ They answer „What matter? He grabbed the nearest, used it, and here it is „It is perfectly deadly if they can produce a marked plate with the figure of a sitter on it who sat after Feb 24th. Our line of inquiry is to follow up every plate sent out by Hope - he is not in the habit of sending out plates.
Then, if we can account for all their one is a fraud. It should not be difficult to trace them all. That is the only safe line. Could you give me a paragraph about your experiment with Hope and Carrington? That would be useful as a quotation. Also a paragraph about the Deans experiments with Lodge. I should make a shattering reply if I could get my material.’.
British writer and physician (1859-1930). Autograph postcard signed. Crowborough. Oblong 8vo. ½ page (5 lines). With autograph address.
$ 1,681 / 1.500 €
(90405/BN60100)
To the Bristol brewer and businessman Frederick William Bennett (d. 27 Sept. 1941): "Dear Sir / It does seem most disgraceful / Yours sincerely / A Conan Doyle [...]". - Doyle in his later life turned to spiritualism and in 1918 published his first spiritualist book "The New Revelation". - Slightly browned due to paper.
British writer and physician (1859-1930). "The Bully of Brocas Court". Autograph manuscript signed twice ("A. Conan Doyle"). Windlesham, Crowborough. 4to (161 x 202 mm). 27 pp. Ink on lined paper, numbered in pencil in another hand. Fastened with brass tack at upper left corner. Stored in a quarter morocco clamshell case. (With:) The Strand Magazine. London, George Newnes, November 1921 issue (No. 371,.
$ 84,045 / 75.000 €
(91346/BN60378)
The complete autograph manuscript of a work widely considered one of Doyle's best ghost stories. The macabre tale unites two of the author's great passions, boxing and Spiritualism, to create the tale of a sinister prize fighter whose physical brutality does not die. The present manuscript contains mostly minor edits, though a handful of pages include more substantial excisions and additions: on page nine, for example, "the man who accosted them" has been replaced with simply "him", and the description of "a surly red face" has been expanded to include "with an ill-fitting lower lip".
On page 13, nearly twenty words have been crossed out. Includes a fine, bright copy of the "Strand Magazine" issue in which the story was first published. - Some spotting and soiling, most visible on first and final pages. Centre crease throughout. Ink a little faded in some places; final page with a little creasing and a couple short closed tears. Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, 10 Dec. 1993, lot 320. Latterly in the collection of the U.S. lawyer Edward R. Leahy (b. 1947)..