The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes First Edition 1954 Conan Doyle Dickson Carr Vintage Book

Kittys Notes:

We all know that feeling when we get to the end of the output of a favourite author. We can go back and read the old favourite stories over and over again and sometimes we are lucky enough to get a sequel, prequel or tribute to the original books written by another keen author. Well who more fitting than Arthur Conan Doyle's very own son Adrian to pen these great stories in homage to the great author Arthur Conan Doyle and cunning detective Holmes.

Between Adrian Conan Doyle and the highly popular author of 1950's crime fiction John Dickson Carr they created together this enticing book of twelve new stories about Holmes and Watson's adventures, touchingly based upon references of unsolved cases from the original series of tales.

Definitely well worth a read and a great book to add to your collection with the iconic original dust jacket featuring the great detective Sherlock himself. And don't you just love that sinister spider about to fall on his head!

Extract from "The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes":

"'The Adventure of the Seven Clocks'

I find recorded in my notebook that it was on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 16th of November, 1887, when the attention of my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes was first drawn to the singular affair of the man who hated clocks.

I have written elsewhere that I had heard only a vague account of this matter, since it occurred shortly after my marriage. Indeed, I have gone so far as to state that my first post-nuptial call on Holmes was in March of the following year. But the case in question was a matter of such extreme delicacy that I trust my readers will forgive its suppression byt one whose pen has ever been guided by discretion rather than sensationalism.

A few weeks following my marriage, then, my wife was obliged to leave London on a matter which concerned Thadeus Sholto and vitally affected our future fortunes. Finding our new home insupportable without her presence, for eight days I returned to the old rooms in Baker Street. Sherlock Holmes made me welcome without question or comment...."

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

• Hardback
• First Edition
• Collectable
• Classic Crime Novel

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Written by Adrian Conan Doyle son of Arthur Conan Doyle in collaboration with vintage crime writer John Dickson Carr.

VERY GOOD:

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This vintage classic crime book is offered to you in very good condition.

Red boards underneath the jacket fresh and bright with just slight fading and bumping to top corners.

Very good dust jacket still showing the original price of 12s 6d - not price clipped.

*Please note the dust jacket has been carefully reinforced with additional paper to the rear which does a really good job in protecting any fragile areas from further deterioration and the careful conservation is not visible from the front of the jacket.

Robust condition overall.

Interior pages are all clean and firm with just some slight tanning through age to prelimary pages and exterior of the text block. Minor shelf wear overall and light dust staining to the exterior of the text block.

No previous owner's names or gift inscriptions. No graffiti anywhere in the book.

Overall Very Good Vintage collectable Sherlock Holmes book first edition from 1954.

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SIZE: Height 19 cms x Width 12.5 cms.
FORMAT: Hardback
PAGES: 313 pages

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