Complete Sherlock Holmes signed by Doyle
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Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
Title: The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Date Published: 1953
Description:
Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
Title: The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Date Published: 1953
Description:
2 volumes. Preface by Christopher Morley. Introduction by John Dickson Carr. ; (8vo) quarter morocco & cloth, spines ruled & lettered in gilt, later protective acetate dust wrappers, original slipcase with paper label. No. 105 of 147 copies of the special edition bound thus and bearing the signature of the author.
Signed "A. Conan Doyle" in ink on the limitation leaf. ;In 1930 a limited edition of Doyle's writings was planned for release and the writer signed a number of blank sheets intended for inclusion. At the publisher's request Doyle signed sufficient sheets to accommodate mistakes and even a future edition. A total of 147 sheets survived permitting this posthumous signed edition of 147 copies.
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Slipcase with a little rubbing at edges & extremities; acetate to Vol. I with neat clear tape repairs at spine ends; fading to volume spines, that on Vol. II with vertical crease; very good.
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Complete Sherlock Holmes signed by Doyle
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