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hardcover. Zustand: Good. Crown Publishers New York January 1978 8vo. 152 pages. black and white cloth boards moderately rubbed and soiled. spine age toned and rubbed. sharpie mark to ffep. binding tight.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. First printing. Oversized hardcover in glossy illustrated boards. an inventive collection of "archive" items , such as newspaper clippings, notes, letters, documents, maps, etc., from six of the most famous Sherlockian adventures--A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Dancing Men, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Final Problem.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, 3rd Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Crown Publishers, 1979. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine dj. First Edition. [nice copy, no discernible wear but with remainder spray on the bottom of the text block, and a one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket has a couple of tiny and unobtrusive closed tears at the top edge of the front panel]. An account of "the blackest mystery in Holmes's career," concerning an urgent plea from Queen Victoria herself for Holmes to take over the investigation of the murder of a Member of Parliament, which has baffled Scotland Yard. "As Holmes and Watson stalk a diabolical foe through the nether regions of London, they uncover horrors that threaten to destroy forever the very codes that hold together Victorian society. So terrifying were the implications of the Jekyll-Hyde case that it could only be recounted at the time by [Robert Louis] Stevenson as fiction. Here finally is the entire first-hand account of this heinous crime as recorded by Dr. Watson. And an explanation of the circumstances that demanded that Holmes's involvement in the matter be kept secret. Until now.".

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine dj. Illustrated by (dj design) Charles Mikolaycak (illustrator). First Edition. [no discernible shelfwear, a nice clean book except for the former owner's name, date & place of purchase, and brief editorial commentary, all in ink on the front endpaper; the jacket shows just a touch of surface-soiling]. (B&W photographs) "Amid the drugs and cult mysticism of the Edwardian Underworld, Sherlock Holmes encounters the world's most evil genius, and his plan to destroy Western civilization." The Sherlockian-pastiche adventure begins when a telegram arrives at 221B Baker Street from Bertrand Russell, begging Holmes to come to Cambridge to investigate "the theft of a uniquely precious treasure -- the mind of Ludwig Wittgenstein" who has mysteriously become lethargic and paranoid. John Maynard Keynes, G.E. Moore, and other members of the Cambridge Apostles figure into the narrative, as do Aleister Crowley, Lytton Strachey, and even Virginia Woolf.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Mass market paperback. Fine condition. First edition, first printing thus, after the 1974 hardcover edition. Farmer is credited as "the true author of VENUS ON THE HALF-SHELL." First paperback edition of this classic Sherlockian pastiche featuring Holmes and Lord Greystoke (aka Tarzan) battling German agent Von Bork (of "His Last Bow") in Africa in 1916. Farmer was the "American Agent for the Estates of Dr. Watson, Lord Greystoke, David Copperfield, Martin Eden, and Don Quixote.".

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+ dj. Illustrated by Jeff Decker (illustrator). First Edition. [no discernible wear to book, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper; the mostly-white jackets shows a bit of soiling and scuffing]. (pen and ink drawings) "In this exciting adventure, Holmes and Watson solve one of the most amazing mysteries of their long career, when Jumbo, the well-known Barnum and Bailey elephant, disappears without a trace. You will meet such colorful and exciting characters of the circus as P.T. Barnum himself, Lord George Sanger (one of the most highly respected men in circus life), Matthew Scott (Jumbo's notorious trainer), and many others." NOTE that this copy is NOT one of the 60 copies signed by Lane and Decker on the limitation page.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine dj. First Edition. [nice clean book with no discernible wear, but with a previous owner's name plus date & place of purchase written in ink at the top of the front endpaper; the jacket is flawless]. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet Tarzan in this imaginative pastiche, set during World War I. When the duo undertake a perilous mission to British East Africa to recover a deadly secret formula that's been stolen from the Allies, and are captured by and then escape from the Germans, and then get lost, it's Lord Greystoke who comes to their rescue.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good or better in an about Very good dust jacket. There are about 10 tears on dust jacket (1/2 inch or smaller), and the former owner's name is inside.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Dustwrapper spine browned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. As fine a set of the series edited by H.H. Scullard, and from the home of a noted collector of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome and who made 18 trips thereto over the years. A dozen of the 25 titles published eventually. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format exemplars, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jackets, illustrated, little worn, protected by plastic coats. Bound in brightly colored cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct lettering to spines. First U.S. Editions, from the true First Editions, published by Thames and Hudson of London, England. From the publisher comes the following: "This series presents a vivid composite picture of ancient Greece and Rome through succinct, up-to-date surveys of many aspects of classical life and activities that have been heretofore neglected. Written by distinguished scholars, they conform to the highest standards of research and exposition. These attractive volumes are published not only for scholars and students, but also for the general reader interested in classical antiquity." The set is comprised of the following titles: The Roman Soldier (G.R. Watson, 1969, [6], 7-256 pp., bright orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, clipped dust jacket, Near Fine/Near Fine condition); The Law in Classical Athens (Douglas M. MacDowell, 1978, [8], green cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, 9-280 pp., two inked letters to upper edge, else Near Fine/Near Fine condition); Sport in Greece and Rome (H.A. Harris, 1977, Fourth Printing, green linen cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, [7], 8-288 pp., Near Fine/Near Fine condition); The Religions of the Roman Empire (John Ferguson, 1974, Second Printing, orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, [8], 9-296 pp., Near Fine/Near Fine condition); Early Greek Astronomy to Aristotle (D.R. Dicks, 1970, First Printing of the First U.S. Edition, [6], 7-272 pp., bright blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, Near Fine/Near Fine condition); Houses, Villas and Palaces in the Roman World (A.G. McKay, 1975, First Printing of the First U.S. Edition, bright orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering tto spine, [6], 7-288 pp., Fine/Fine condition); Trade and Industry in Classical Greece (R.J. Hopper, Thames and Hudson, 1979, thus a First Edition, dark brick-red cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine and two dolphins logo to front cover, [6], 7-240 pp., Fine/Fine condition); Roman Medicine (John Scarborough, Cornell University Press, true First Edition, 1969, red cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, previous owner's ink-stamp along bottom and top edges, clipped dust jacket, [5], 6-238 pp., else Near Fine/Near Fine condition); Festivals of the Athenians (H.W. Parke, 1977, First U.S. Edition, "released" ink-stamp to first free endpaper, burgundy cloth over cloth, gilt lettering to spine, [11], 12-208 pp., Near Fine/Fine condition); Roman Farming (K.D. White, 1970, First U.S. Edition, olive-green cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, clipped dust jacket, [5], 6-536 pp., owner's ink-stamp along top edge, Near Fine/Near Fine condition); Scipio Africanus: Soldier and Politician (H.H. Scullard, 1970, First U.S. Edition, brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, clipped dust jacket, [7], 8-299 pp., Near Fine/Near Fine condition, owner's ink-stamp along top edge); Greek and Roman Maps (O.A.W. Dilke, 1985, First U.S. Edition, gray cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, [7], 8-224 pp., Fine/Fine condition); R.J. Lenardon, The Saga of Themistocles (Thames and Hudson, London, 1975), Near Fine condition, slight edgewear and rubbing to the brick-red cloth over boards, previous owner's penned signature at first free end paper, else quite Fine looking), with [9], 10-248 pp. and 35 illustrations and four maps. All in, a fine start on a complete set of the entire series.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Smith, Hal (cover); Watson, Emmett; Holmgren, John; Clymer, John; Burke, May C.; Smith, Ralph C.; Diamond, Samuel; Phillips, John (illustrator). First Edition. 60 pages. Features: Nice colver illustration of Bride on green background; Charming colour-photo ad for Sweet Caporal cigarettes inside front cover shows two well-dressed ladies walking dog; Brief news article on Russia refers to "the wholesale butchering of men who were Stalin's chief associates for years but came to be regarded as him as rivalsor as obstacles to his being a more autocratic ruler than any Czar ever was."; Nice one-page Maxwell House coffee illustrated ad; The Call to National Defence; Testing Canadian Democracy; The Peril of Czechoslovakia; Economic Demobilization; Salvage (part I of short story); Payoff (short story); The Autobiography of Sir Herbert Barker - part I on the manipulative surgeon who was for 20 years sneered at as "Barker the Bone Setter"; The Bogus Artist (short story); Desert Promise (short story); In Beautiful Bohemia - photo-illustrated article on Czechoslovakia written shortly before Germany's recent annexation of Austria;; The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (short story); Royal and Ancient Gossip - Golf article with photos of C. Ross Somerville, Heather Leslie and Harry Cooper, plus marvelous colour photo of Mrs. John A. Rogers of Winnipeg and Mrs. Eric Phillips of Oshawa at the Niakwa Club; Palmolive soap article includes illustration of the Dionne Quints; Movies news and photos of Shirley Temple, Maxine Jennings, Rochelle Hudson, Dorothy Moore, Hugh Herbert and Bob Burns; Your Leading Man - book about marriage/relationships; Nice illustrated ad for Sisman's Scampers (shoes) inside back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Sambrook, Russell (cover ); Clymer, John F.; Garland, C.George; Smith, Ralph C.; Watson, Emmett; Lowthian, Louis R.; Phillips, John (illustrator). First Edition. 56 pages. Features: Brief news items - The Dominion's 71st Birthday, No Province Can Live to Itself, Unwholesome Periodicals, Women Under Fascism and Communism, Dominion Day, The South African Election, and Franco-Italian Conversations; Land of Wish-It-Were (verse); Air Liner (part 1 of this short story); Just Beginning (short story); Man the Lifeboat - interesting photo-illustrated article on lifeboats and their need; Smooth Joe (short story); The Autobiography of Sir Herbert Barker (part II); Salvage (conclusion); Golf's Grand Old Man - photo-illustrated article on George S. Lyon; Palmolive ad features the Dionne Quints; Hollywood news, with photos of Edna May Oliver, Spencer Tracy, Alice Brady, Cora Witherspoon, John Barrymore, and others; The Dead Letter (short story); Dr. Robert H. Coats, Keeper of the Domesday Book, Custodian of the Censuses of Canada; Sweet Caporal cigarette ad features photo of dog "Bob", an Alsatian owned by Miss Elizabeth Brice of Westmount, Quebec; Business News/Personal Finance article; Summer cookery article; Glammour Girl in the Making - illustrated fashion article; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; National Home Monthly Magazine, July 1938 - Lifeboats / Sir Herbert Barker / Golf's Grand Old Man - George S. Lyon The Dominion's 71st Birthday, No Province Can Live to Itself, Unwholesome Periodicals, Women Under Fascism and Communism, Dominion Day, The.