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"Detective Stories Gone Wrong: The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs" by Luke Sharp in The Idler, Volume 1, 1892
No place of publication: no publisher, 1892. Volume I; bound in contemporary half-leather; owner’s inscription; the binding is worn; good. One of the earliest Sherlockian parodies and illustrated by George Hutchinson, who had recently illustrated the 1891 Ward, Lock edition of A Study in Scarlet. These issues were originally published..... More
[Book #34875P]
Jennie Baxter - Journalist
New York: Stokes, 1899. First Edition; limited issue; one of 1000 copies with a numbered label signed by the author mounted inside the front cover. Previous owner’s inscription; top of front hinge started; very good. More
[Book #36464P]
Jennie Baxter - Journalist
London: Methuen, 1899. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; pages yellowed as is inevitable in such a cheaply produced book; overall very good, and very uncommon. More
[Book #36465P]
The Speculations of John Steele
New York: Stokes, 1905. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, apparently upon publication, “To my Friend Irene Davison who helped me greatly with the literary part of this book. Robert Barr Oct 11 1905.” Spotted and worn; spine darkened; fair to good. The recipient was Barr’s secretary. More
[Book #35236P]
A Woman Intervenes
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. First Edition. Some foxing; very good plus. Presentation copy; with the author’s lengthy inscription on the half-title, “Dear Edith [Watson; likely a cousin]; I intended you to have my new book ‘Over the Border’ to take with you to America, but it will not be..... More
[Book #36388P]
Young Lord Stranleigh
London: Ward, Lock, 1908. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, apparently upon publication, “With the regards of Robert Barr May 16 1908.” This was in a group of books inscribed to his secretary, Irene Davison. More
[Book #35238P]