Robert Burt Dewaal (1 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. Chicago, Illinois: W. B. Thorsen, 1969. New and unread copy of the FIRST EDITION. NO owner's name or address label. Very mild age toning. This copy is from the publisher's surplus inventory which we acquired along with the magazine's archives -- now housed at the John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Vol. 20 #2, Oct. 1969. Robert Burt DeWaal describes 82 items in "A Bibliography of Sherlockian Bibliographies." Tage La Cour contributes "Ex Bibliotheca Holmesiana, The First Editions of the Writings of Sherlock Holmes." Illustrated with six titlepages (designed by Viggo Naae). Charles Heartman's American Book Collector lasted 36 issues before publication ceased in 1935. In 1950, William B. Thorsen began a new magazine called The Amateur Book Collector. However, he soon received permission from Heartman's widow to change the name to American Book Collector. There were 233 issues published before its demise in 1976. A third incarnation of the American Book Collector, unrelated to the others, appeared in 54 issues between 1980 and 1987. . First Edition. Softcover. New. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.