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WELLS, Betty and WELLS, George E., Jr. A complete set of 67 lino-block prints from the novels and stories of Sherlock Holmes. [Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1965-1978]. Prints on various colors of paper, 4tos (10 ½ x 10 ½”; 267 x 267 mm). A few prints mildly wrinkled. EACH PRINT LIMITED TO 40 NUMBERED COPIES (numbers vary on the prints), each with a penciled limitation, caption, and signature by the artists beneath the image. This collection has 2 prints per novel and 1 print per story (64 total prints called-for); in addition, there is 1 additional copy of a print from A Study in Scarlet, and an additional variant print, each, for The Abbey Grange and The Bruce Partington Plans. These prints were reproduced in The Universal Sherlock Holmes by Ron De Waal (George A. Vanderburgh, 1994); the variants did not appear in that large (5 volume) work - only the 64 primary prints did. This collection was part of De Waal’s personal collection. Housed in 2 leather portfolios with plastic sleeves. A superb collection of illustrations.