![]() Doyle, as a spiritualist, was enthusiastic about the photographs and interpreted them as clear and visible evidence of psychic phenomena. The pictures came to the attention of writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who used them to illustrate an article on fairies he had been commissioned to write for the Christmas 1920 edition of The Strand Magazine. In 1917, when the first two photographs were taken, Elsie was 16 years old and Frances was 9. The Cottingley Fairies appear in a series of five photographs taken by Elsie Wright (1901–1988) and Frances Griffiths (1907–1986), two young cousins who lived in Cottingley, near Bradford in England. *** The book: Scarce and very nice first US edition of this book on The Cottingley Fairies. Illustrations: Complete with the frontispiece portrait and the 14 illustrations (including the Cottingley Fairies photographs). Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown, barely noticeable erased underlines on page 194 - as shown, last endpaper hinge slightly worn - as shown). Binding: Attractive and very good original full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover. ![]()
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