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[DOYLE, Arthur Conan]. QUEEN, Ellery (Frederick Dannay and Manfred Bennington), editors. The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1944.
8vo. Wood-engraved frontispiece by Frederick Dorr Steele. Original black cloth stamped in orange-red, red top stain (front free endpaper toned); original unclipped dust jacket (some light toning to front flap and spine, else unusually fine). Laid in with Sherlockiana related material.
FIRST EDITION. This work includes thirty-three fictions featuring ‘Holmlock Shears’, ‘Shamrock Jones’, ‘Picklock Holes’, ‘Sherlaw Kombs’, several of which are by Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, and Bret Harte. Prior to release, Adrian Conan Doyle forced this book to be suppressed for infringing on his copyright. Nevertheless, it was one of three blockbuster books issued within ten days in 1944. De Waal C22910.