In Re: Sherlock Holmes UNIQUE ASSOCIATION
by Derleth, August
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran, 1945. Full black cloth, red titling. Light edgewear, jacket spine faded & tanned, edges worn, price-clipped. First printing of Derleth's first collection of Solar Pons Sherlock Holmes pastiches, INSCRIBED by Derleth to publisher Carroll Coleman: "Greetings from Baker Street | for Carroll Coleman | from one publisher to another -- | Sincerely | August Derleth". Coleman's Prairie Press published 'Atmosphere of Houses' and several volumes of Derleth's poetry over several decades.. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 5¼" by 7½".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u2434
- Title
- In Re: Sherlock Holmes UNIQUE ASSOCIATION
- Author
- Derleth, August
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mycroft & Moran
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, WI
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Sherlock Holmes, Solar Pons, Prairie Press
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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