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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STARRETT, Vincent (1886-1974). The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933.8vo. 10 plates. Original blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, black top stain (light rubbing at extreme ends); original dust jacket (extremities chipped and a bit sunned). Provenance: Gertrude Mahoney (bookplate).FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY STARRETT. This is the first book on Sherlock Holmes scholarship, and a cornerstone of Sherlockiana.