Published by Hawthorne Books, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0801552869 ISBN 13: 9780801552861
Seller: The Sensible Magpie, Creswell, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper. NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD PLUS DUSTJACKET.
Published by Hawthorn Books ( 1979 ), New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0801552869 ISBN 13: 9780801552861
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First edition. 8vo, 237 pages, gray boards; short tear on rear panel of dj [DeWaal C22375].
Published by Hawthorn Books, Inc. (c.1979), New York, 1979
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dj. Illustrated by (dj) Alex Mambach (illustrator). 2nd printing. [a nice copy, no significant wear to book, tiny finger-smudge on top edge of text block, previous owner's name and date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket is very slightly rubbed, still bright and attractive]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by editor Wright ("May the game always be afoot for you - ") on the half-title page, and by editor Hodel ("Best Mycroftian wishes") on the title page. In the vein of the considerably more successful "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution," this purports to be a posthumously-uncovered memoir by the older (and "no less intelligent") brother of Sherlock Holmes. In the course of this adventure, "we meet young Sherlock at work during the budding of his career as he and his brother become embroiled in a plot to overthrow the American government and restore the Confederacy under British rule. The conspiracy, punctuated with spies, counterspies, murder, kidnapping, and a direct threat to the British government, eventually comes to involve William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli as we follow the brothers Holmes through Victorian London." Signed by Editor.