DE WAAL, Ron (1932-2018). A group of 3 titles, including:
The Universal Sherlock Holmes. Toronto: The Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, 1994-95. 5 volumes, 4to. Publisher’s multi-colored cloth bindings, spines lettered in gilt (some mild occasional rubbing, some intermittent foxing in texts and text-blocks. FIRST EDITIONS, VOLUME I SIGNED BY DE WAAL AND EDITOR GEORGE A. VANDERBURGH ON THE TITLE-PAGE. Near fine. -- The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. New York: Bramhall House, 1984. Folio. Publisher’s black cloth backstrip over brown boards, spine lettered in gilt (some rubbing to binding). FIRST EDITION of this award-winning bibliography (John H. Jenkins Award for Bibliography, 1974). -- The Companion Volume to The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Hamden: Archon Books, 1980. 4to. Illustrated. Publisher’s full brown leatherette, spine stamped in gilt (minor rubbing, corners bumped); publisher’s printed dust jacket (some sunning, light wear to edges, a few short tears to edges and one small hole on rear jacket panel, some creasing).
Together, 3 works in 7 volumes of important scholarly titles on Sherlock Holmes. De Waal worked tirelessly to produce the volumes offered here. Certainly, a labor of love and scholarship, they cover such diverse topics as: the sacred writings, the apocrypha, manuscripts, foreign editions, the literary agent, bibliographies, Sherlockians and their societies, memorials and memorabilia, games, puzzles, quizzes, actors, performances, recordings, parodies, pastiches, cartoons, comics, etc.