[STARRETT, Vincent (1886-1974), association]. A group of three books by or based upon works by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Including: DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Case of Oscar Slater. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1914]. 12mo. Illustrated with 6 photographic plates. Publisher’s original printed wrappers (some wear, toning, soiling, a few short tears, text toned). THIRD EDITION WITH A NEW PREFACE BY DOYLE. VINCENT STARRETT’S COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON HALF-TITLE (his bookplate is loose). -- DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Three of Them. London: John Murray, 1923. 12mo. With frontispiece. Publisher’s red cloth backstrip over gray boards, printed paper label on spine (spine a bit toned, some toning to boards, minor rubbing to binding, endleaves offset, some toning to text, bookseller’s ticket on rear pastedown); publisher’s printed dust jacket (jacket spine toned, chipped, jacket edgeworn, soiled, chipped, with several tears). FIRST EDITION, VINCENT STARRETT’S COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON THE HALF-TITLE. -- [STARRETT, Vincent, contributor]. [QUEEN, Ellery (pseudonym for Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred Lee (1905-1971), editor]. The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. Boston: Little, Brown, 1944. 8vo. With in-text frontispiece illustration, ads for Ellery Queen books inserted at front. Publisher’s full black cloth, front board and spine stamped in red (some wear, soiling to binding, mild foxing to endleaves); publisher’s printed dust jacket (spine chipped, worn, toned, panels edgeworn, chipped, thumbsoiled, a few short tears). FIRST EDITION, THIRD PRINTING (“Reprinted May 1944”). Starrett contributed the short story, The Unique Hamlet (pp. 48-69), a Queen’s Quorum title.