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New York: privately printed, 1940. First Edition; issued as a Christmas gift. Essays on books, literature, including one on Holmes. A very good copy. More
[Book #32451P]
New York: privately printed, 1940. First Edition; issued as a Christmas gift. Essays on books, literature, including one on Holmes. A very good copy. More
[Book #32451P]
Mt. Vernon: Golden Eagle Press, 1948. First Edition; one of 111 copies. Essays on books, literature and music; some on Holmes. A very good copy. More
[Book #32450P]
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1921. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a small chip at the top of the spine. More
[Book #32449P]
New York: Published by the Author, 1823. First Edition. The title page spuriously claims that it is “By The Author of Patriotic Effusions,” but the author was apparently one William B. Gilley. Bound in modern cloth; some foxing and spotting; good. More
[Book #32448P]
New York: L. & F. Lockwood, 1819. First Edition. While not in the BAL (which begins his entries with a work from 1831), this is attributed to Longstreet, who was the uncle of the Confederate general. Withdrawal stamp from a historical society; bound in late cloth; first few leaves archivally mended; good. More
[Book #32447P]
No place of publication [Philadelphia]: Lippincott, 1890. Publisher's binding of Vol. XLV (issued in two volumes, this is only the first; as issued, only text, without wrappers or ads); including the first appearance of this Sherlock Holmes novel. This is in the less common publisher’s binding printing the titles and..... More
[Book #32443P]
Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, n.d. [1916]. First Edition; Canadian issue. Prize label inside the front cover; ownership inscription on the title page; some foxing; spine cocked; very good. More
[Book #32442P]
No place of publication [London?]: Pearson [?], 1899-1900. Publisher’s cloth. Parodies in prose, poetry, cartoon and illustration. While many topics are covered, the then-current Boer War dominates the issues in this bound volume. Very good. More
[Book #32441P]
London: Punch Magazine, 1903. Bound volume of this periodical printng 4 installments of Picklock Holes; Publisher’s cloth; very good, More
[Book #32440P]
Boston: Little, Brown, 1914. First Edition; American issue. Very good. More
[Book #32439P]
New York: Lovell, Coryell, 1891. Illustrated edition (apparently the first American illustrated edition); Cutler (originally published in 1931) #28; cloth issue of the supposed second American issue (in wrappers). This cataloguer suggests that this bibliographical information might not be up to date. Very good. More
[Book #32438P]
London: Bradbury, Agnew, 1898. First Edition. Humorous cartoons and descriptions of worthies of the day, including “The Conydoil or Shurlacombs.” Some cloth spotting and fading; very good. More
[Book #32435P]
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1918. First Edition; limited issue; one of 260 numbered copies. Very good; [with] a good copy of the trade issue. “Herlock Shomes.” The trench papers and the P.O.W. publications are poignant reminders of how different the world was a hundred years ago, even amidst the horrors of..... More
[Book #32434P]
No place of publication [London]: privately printed, n.d. [1949]. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; near fine. More
[Book #32433P]
No place of publication [London]: privately printed, n.d. [1949]. First Editions. Publisher’s wrappers; very good to fine copies; all are either inscribed or with tipped in letters to fellow Sherlockian J.F. Christ of Chicago. More
[Book #32432P]
London: Constable, 1905. First Edition. Very good. Apparently a source book for Doyle’s The Lost World. More
[Book #32431P]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; owner’s inscription; back hinge cracked; very good. More
[Book #32430P]
London: Hutchinson, n.d. [c. 1927]. First Edition. With an appreciation by Doyle. Publisher’s cloth; publisher’s complimentary stamp on the title page; a little staining; very good. More
[Book #32429P]
London: The Clarion Press, 1907. First Edition. “A Man, A Woman, and A Detective.” Inscribed by the author decades later; recipient’s book label; very good. This copy is in brownish publisher’s cloth; [with] a very good, variant copy in blue cloth; the gilt stamped imprints at the foot of the..... More
[Book #32427P]
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Stanton and Lee, 1948. First Edition. A poem notes “Old Moriarty never would get done!” Very good in a chipped dust jacket. More
[Book #32426P]
New York: Stokes, 1932. First American Edition. Featuring “Sherbot Scones, The Icebox Detective.” Very good in a chipped dust jacket with interior tape mends. More
[Book #32425P]
London: John Murray, 1932. First Edition. Faint blue line (from a jacket protector) visible on the recto; very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #32422P]
London: Orpheus Music, 1914. First Edition. Publisher’s illustrated boards; front hinge cracked; good to very good. This is the dedication copy (to Thomas Marlowe); inscribed and signed by Bullen and additionally signed by Arnold. With a short appreciation by Doyle. More
[Book #32418P]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1974. First Edition of the author’s first novel. Fine in a very lightly used dust jacket. More
[Book #32413P]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1975. First Edition. Very good or better in a dust jacket with very light wear and very slight spine fading. Hometown heroes: Spencer and the Red Sox. More
[Book #32412P]