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Third printing of the true first edition, published in February 1911. The book was first printed in January 1911, and reprinted almost immediately the following month (twice). With a two-page Preface by Elizabeth Morison and Frances Lamont (the authors' pseudonyms) and Publisher's Note to the fore. ***With an interesting post card enclosed from booksellers G. Heywood Hill of Curzon Street, Mayfair, London indicating that the book was given to Lady Faulkner by Lord Kenyon (and probably hand-delivered). ***With six full-page line drawing illustrations as follows: p43 a plan, p53 a larger plan, p62 a larger plan, p79 a larger plan, p82/3 comparative layouts of buildings between 1783 and 1904. ***Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and fleurs-de-lys on the spine and front board, and gilt lining on the spine extending without the gilt to the front and back boards. There is a period booksellers and Librarians label on the front board (indicating the book may have been in a circulating library). However, there are no significant tears to the cloth, just slight splitting at the lower spine, and the binding is square and firm. The corner tips are quite sharp. The spine is browned and marked and the gilt is slightly faded. Page block edges rough-trimmed. Internally the binding is firm with no splitting at the gutters of the front and rear endpapers. Some of the gutters within the book are just slightly strained, but not broken. The interior pages are clean, and there are no serious creases or tears - just light creases to the top corners of a couple of pages (please see scans). No dustwrapper. ***210mm x 138mm. 162 pages. ***Contents: Preface by Elizabeth Morison and Frances Lamont; Chapter I. Three Visits to the Petit Trianon; Chapter II. Results of Research; III. Answers to Questions, IV. A Reverie. ***'The story of the two English ladies who, while taking an afternoon walk in the Gardens of Versailles at the beginning of the twentieth century, found themselves transported to the Trianon of 1789: with their account of the researches to which this adventure led. ***The visions of the two authoresses, of "An Adventure" will remain a classic case for all time on account of its production of questions which have never had to be discussed before or since.' Morning Post.' (Quote taken from the dustwrapper of a later edition) ***The Moberly?Jourdain incident is a claim of time travel and hauntings made by Charlotte Anne Moberly (1846-1937) and Eleanor Jourdain (1863-1924). In 1911, Moberly and Jourdain published a book entitled "An Adventure" under the names of "Elizabeth Morison" and "Frances Lamont". Their book describes a visit they made to the Petit Trianon, a small château in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles, where they claimed to have seen the gardeIn the book the writers described their experiences during a visit to Versailles in 1901 in which they say they saw not only the people and surroundings of their time, but those of 1789 at the time of Marie Antoinette. Everything was described in minute detail, corresponding with the maps and records examined later in the archives of Paris'. ***'Baron Kenyon, of Gredington, in the County of Flint] is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, created in 1788'. (Wiki) ***The second reprint of the true first edition, complete with all pages and sketch-maps. First and early printings of this unusual anonymous work are hard to find now in any condition. The book became a classic pf psychic literature. A very unusual 'tale of time-slip'. An uncommon antiquarian book, of interest to those studying paranormal experiences, and with the added interest of the connection with Lord Kenyon and Lady Faulkner. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
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