Starrett (Vincent) The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
£95
London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1934.
First UK edition. 8vo. Title printed in red & black; plates. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 8’6.
A key piece of Sherlockiana by the well-regarded literary scholar & bibliophile Vincent Starrett, author of the elusive Holmes pastiche The Adventure of the Unique ‘Hamlet’. Uncommon.
Out of stock
Fine/VG-, jacket with a little fraying at spine ends and one corner, light marking.
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