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). The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1914-1918. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916-1920. 6 volumes, 8vo. Numerous folding maps, plans. Original dark blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt (spines a touch sunned on Vol. I and III, spine slightly skewed in Vol. III). Laid in with a WWI manuscript battle plan showing the famous Redan trench, various streets, and several H.Q.s. FIRST EDITIONS of Vols. 3-6, second editions of Vols. I-II. INSCRIBED BY DOYLE in Vol. I in the date of publication possibly to a soldier: ?With all kind remembrance, Arthur Conan Doyle, Feb. 8/16?. Each volume, published individually to eventually form this 6-volume set, covered a single year of WWI that contains a series of articles written by Doyle who was intensely interested in military matters. Doyle?s first born son Kingsley (1892-1918) served admirably in WWI from 1914 to 1917 but would soon die from pneumonia during the pan-European influenza on 28 October 1918. Several photos would soon appear in 1919 and 1920 showing the ?spirit? of Kingsley with Doyle and his wife Jean.