DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930), et al. A group of 3 Sherlock Holmes collections and 2 pastiches.
Including: Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Murray, 1930. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait. Publisher’s full green cloth, front board and spine stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt (spine toned, rolled, a bit rubbed, some rubbing to binding, hinges cracked with tape repairs, endleaves offset, text toned and occasionally soiled); publisher’s printed dust jacket (tape repairs to verso, spine chipped, jacket worn, creased, worn, mildly soiled). REPRINT. -- His Last Bow. A Reminiscense [sic] of Sherlock Holmes. New York: A. L. Burt, [1917]. 8vo. Publisher’s full brown cloth, front board and spine stamped in black (some rubbing, mild soiling to binding, previous owner’s ink notations to front and rear endleaves, text toned, edge of text block soiled); publisher’s printed dust jacket (spine soiled and worn, front panel chipped, worn, with creased tears, rear panel soiled and worn, with shallow chips and some tears). REPRINT. -- Sherlock Holmes. New York: Books, Inc., n.d. [ca. 1950s]. 8vo. Publisher’s full turquoise cloth, front board and spine stamped in dark blue (spine a bit dull and rubbed, some rubbing to boards, some offsetting to endleaves); publisher’s printed dust jacket (tape repairs to verso, spine toned, jacket worn, chipped, torn, soiled). REPRINT. -- [ASIMOV, Isaac, editor]. Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space. [New York:] Bluejay Books, [1984]. 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher’s brown cloth backstrip over orange boards, spine lettered in gilt; publisher’s printed dust jacket. FIRST BLUEJAY BOOKS EDITION, SIGNED BY ASIMOV ON THE TITLE-PAGE. -- DIBDIN, Michael. The Last Sherlock Holmes Story. London: Jonathan Cape, [1978]. 8vo. Publisher’s full black boards, spine lettered in gilt; publisher’s printed dust jacket (price-clipped, some light wear, minor occasional soiling). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK.