doyle arthur conan pointer michael (3 risultati)

hardcover. First Edition. Foxing to edges, else fine in lightly worn Dust Jacket. "The Many Personae of Holmes on Stage, in Film, and in Advertising." Copoiusly illustrated.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original khaki cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10½'' x 8¼''. Contains 168 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper without any tears or chips and with sun fading of the red paper down the spine. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715370332 DOYLE, [Sir] Arthur Conan.

24pp., 8vo, paginated 161-184. In fair condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. Roberts contributes 'The Cult of Sherlock'; Frank Swinnerton, 'Holmes - World Figure'; Darwin, 'The Great Holmes Joke'; Howlett and Pointer, 'Holmes on Stage and Screen'; Paget, 'He made Holmes real' ('In this article Winifred Paget writes of her father, Sidney Paget, whose drawings, says Frank Swinnerton on another page, made Holmes "the most universally familiar imaginary figure in two hemispheres'.