Countess Cathness Duchesse Pomar — A Midnight Visit to Holyrood

London , C. L. H. Wallace , 1887 . First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this very scarce work by the Countess of Caithness detailing her trip to Holyrood, published for the 300th anniversary of the execution of Mary Stuart. The first trade edition. First printed for private circulation. Published on the three hundredth anniversary of the execution of Mary Stuart, February 8th 1887. Illustrated with a frontispiece and a portrait plate of Mary Stuart. This work was written by the Countess of Caithness, Duchesse de Pomar. The countess was a known spiritualist and paranormal investigator and began attending seances at midnight at Holyrood Palace, where Mary Stuart resided as a monarch of Scotland, to contact her spirit. This autobiographical work details a trip the countess took to Holyrood, initially intended as an account for a friend. The Countess felt a deep spiritual connection with Mary Stuart, believing to have spoken to her spirit, and decorated her rooms like those at Holyrood Palace as nod to this connection. The work also includes a poem to the rear.Advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth. Externally excellent with slight marks to the boards, very minor loss to the head of the front board and bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with repair to the hinge to pp. 3 and 7 and to two small closed tears to the extremities of pp.4 and 5. Pages generally bright with the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Light marks from pp. 2-7. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .