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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DOYLE, Adrian Conan (1910-1970). A small archive of letters to John H. Roberts and several books authored by Adrian. Includes: 2 TLS and 3 ALS (with original envelopes). Adrian corresponds with an Australian ?connoisseur of [his] father?s writings? with discussions regarding The Hound of the Baskervilles and the inspiration behind the story. ?The phantom hound has no connection with any family, but was simply a case of a spectral dog of vast size that had been seen during the watches of the night by farmers and moorland shepherds. This tiny item appealed immensely to my father, and upon it he developed a plot that resulted in ?The Hound of the Baskervilles??. In others, Adrian writes about Sherlock Holmes, Edgar W. Smith, and the Baker Street Irregulars. [Also with:] 6 publications by Adrian including The True Conan Doyle (London: John Murray, 1945), inscribed on the cover to Roberts.