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Checkmate!: A Sherlock Holmes Burlesque
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Gaby Goldscheider, Windsor, UK, 1980
ISBN 10: 0950572543
ISBN 13: 9780950572543
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Seller: Martin Kaukas Books, Manchester, VT, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Ian Gray Schoenherr (illustrator). 1st Edition. Brown wraps in very good condition. Checkmate!: A Sherlock Holmes Burlesque BY Arthur M. Stokes with 10 illustrations by Ian Gray Schoenherr. Limited edition of 750 copies this #205, Signed and inscribed by the author on the limitation page. A four scene play including the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Inscribed by the Author. Seller Inventory # 8368
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Checkmate!: A Sherlock Holmes Burlesque (limited and signed)
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Gaby Goldscheider, Windsor, Ontario, 1980
ISBN 10: 0950572543
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Schoenherr, Ian Gray (illustrator). 1st Edition. Soft-cover 8.5 by 12.25 inch book in brown wraps has very minor shelf-wear, tight, bright, and unmarked. Colophon on back flyleaf states this is #203 of 750 copies, signed neatly in black ink by publisher, 'Gaby Goldscheider'. Seller Inventory # 008764
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CHECKMATE! A Sherlock Holmes Burlesque.
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1st edition. Skelton Press - UK., 1980
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With ten illustrations by Ian Gray Schoenherr. Large format softback with die-cut cover (approx 12"x 8.5"). VG. Minor damage to front cover. Seller Inventory # 12590
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Checkmate!: A Sherlock Holmes Burlesque
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Gaby Goldscheider, Windsor, 1980
ISBN 10: 0950572543
ISBN 13: 9780950572543
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Ten illustrations by Ian Gray Shoenherr (illustrator). Limited Edition. 750 copies of this edition have been printed of which this is number 13. Landscape format over 12 inches wide, some small marks on covers. A four scene play including the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Seller Inventory # 014162
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Checkmate!: A Sherlock Holmes Burlesque
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Gaby Goldscheider, Windsor, 1980
ISBN 10: 0950572543
ISBN 13: 9780950572543
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Paperback. Printed pages: 22. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Limited Edition 103 of 750 copies. Brown card wraps, slight shelf wear to covers, small nick to top edge of covers, clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 12.25 x 8.5 inches (31 x 22 cm). Seller Inventory # 1159E266
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Checkmate!; A Sherlock Holmes Burlesque
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Wraps. Condition: Very good. Ian Gray Schoenherr (illustrator). The format is approximately 12.5 inches by 8.5 inches. Staplebound with taped spine. Unpaginated (22 pages, plus covers). Ten illustrations. Decorative front cover has a circle cut out showing the illustration on the title page. A four scene play including the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin is generally acknowledged as the first detective in fiction and served as the prototype for many later characters, including Holmes. Conan Doyle once wrote, "Each [of Poe's detective stories] is a root from which a whole literature has developed . Where was the detective story until Poe breathed the breath of life into it?" Similarly, the stories of Émile Gaboriau's Monsieur Lecoq were extremely popular at the time Conan Doyle began writing Holmes, and Holmes's speech and behavior sometimes follow those of Lecoq. Doyle has his main characters discuss these literary antecedents near the beginning of A Study in Scarlet, which is set soon after Watson is first introduced to Holmes. Watson attempts to compliment Holmes by comparing him to Dupin, to which Holmes replies that he found Dupin to be "a very inferior fellow" and Lecoq to be "a miserable bungler." The popularity of Sherlock Holmes has meant that many writers other than Arthur Conan Doyle have created tales of the detective in a wide variety of different media, with varying degrees of fidelity to the original characters, stories, and setting. The first known period pastiche dates from 1891. Titled "The Late Sherlock Holmes", it was written by Doyle's close friend J. M. Barrie. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. The character Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in 1887's A Study in Scarlet. His popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; additional tales appeared from then until 1927, eventually totaling four novels and 56 short stories. All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian eras between 1880 and 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson, who usually accompanies Holmes during his investigations and often shares quarters with him at the address of 221B Baker Street, London, where many of the stories begin. Though not the first fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes is arguably the best-known. By the 1990s, over 25,000 stage adaptations, films, television productions, and publications were already featuring the detective, and Guinness World Records lists him as the most portrayed human literary character in film and television history. Holmes's popularity and fame are such that many have believed him to be not a fictional character but an actual individual; numerous literary and fan societies have been founded on this pretense. Avid readers of the Holmes stories helped create the modern practice of fandom. The character and stories have had a profound and lasting effect on mystery writing and popular culture as a whole, with the original tales, as well as thousands written by authors other than Conan Doyle, being adapted into stage and radio plays, television, films, video games, and other media for over one hundred years. Reprint edition. Limited Edition, signed by Gaby Goldscheider, number 105 of 750. Seller Inventory # 88545