STARRETT, Vincent (1886-1974). The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Macmillan, 1933.
8vo. Publisher’s full blue cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt (spine a bit dull, some rubbing, mild bumping to binding, endleaves and text a bit toned); publisher’s printed dust jacket (paper panel taped to verso of jacket, jacket quite toned, some wear, soiling, chipping, several short tears).
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY STARRETT on the front free endpaper: “For Richard Ryghter [?] Good wishes Vincent Starrett”.
[Together with:] the 75th Anniversary Edition of this title. Indianapolis: Gasogene Books, [2008]. 8vo. Publisher’s full blue cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt on front board and spine; publisher’s printed dust jacket (jacket soiled near upper edge at spine, slightly bumped). This is the first book on Sherlock Holmes scholarship, and a cornerstone of Sherlockiana.