Set Reminder2024-02-15 12:00:002024-02-15 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : A Study in Sherlock, Part II: Including the Collections of Robert Hess and Roy Pilot https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/a-study-in-sherlock-part-ii-including-the-collections-of-robert-hess-and-roy-pilot-21913 We are pleased to announce the second session of Robert Hess's Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle collection. High spots will include the only known copy of the first English edition of The Lost World in original dust jacket and Sidney Paget's personal robe.
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DERLETH, August (1909-1971). ?In Re: Sherlock Holmes?. The Adventures of Solar Pons. With an introduction by Vincent Starrett. Sauk City, WI: Mycroft and Moran, 1945.8vo. Original black cloth, spine stamped in red; original dust jacket (tiny closed tear to front panel, else fine).FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY DERLETH. This is the first introduction of the pastiche Sherlock Holmes counterpart, Solar Pons, and the first of the Mycroft and Moran imprints (a companion to Arkham House). Otto Penzler includes the book as one of the 100 indispensable items for a Holmes collector to possess. Jaffery 12. -- [With] DERLETH. The Memoirs of Solar Pons. With a foreword by Ellery Queen. Sauk City, WI: Mycroft and Moran, 1951. Original black cloth; original dust jacket (extremities a bit sunned). FIRST EDITION. -- [With:] DERLETH. A Praed Street Dossier. Sauk City, WI: Mycroft and Moran, 1968. Original black cloth; original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.