Set Reminder2023-04-20 12:00:002023-04-20 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : A Study in Sherlock: The Curious Collection of Robert Hess Part I https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/a-study-in-sherlock-the-curious-collection-of-robert-hess-part-i-21932 This was the first sale from Robert Hess's collection of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle. High spots in every category related to these two subjects included original illustration art, first editions, signed photos, and archives of letters.
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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). A pair of foreign-language editions of ?The Hound of the Baskervilles?. Including: Baskervilles Hund. A. -B. Lindqvists, [1947]. 8vo. Publisher?s brown cloth backstrip over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt (some toning, rubbing to spine and corners, bookplate on fp., lower corner of pp. 5-6 torn away, with no loss of text); original printed dust jacket with art by Lindeberg (jacket spine toned and chipped, some toning, creasing, occasional edgewear and mild chipping to jacket panels). SWEDISH REPRINT IN THE RARE JACKET. -- De Hond van de Baskervilles. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Contact, [1946]. 8vo. Numerous in-text illustrations by Bantzinger. Publisher?s decorative paper boards (spine a bit toned, some rubbing to binding, endleaves and text toned and somewhat foxed); original dust jacket (tape repairs to jacket verso, jacket toned, worn, chipped, foxed). DUTCH REPRINT IN THE RARE JACKET.