Inscribed first printing of this second collection of Sherlockian pastiches by the founder of Arkham House, including an investigation of a fraudulent rare book auction of the Necronomicon.
Fine in near fine jacket.
Price: $375.00
"But my dear Parker, there was no such library, there were no such books, there was, in fact, not even a Comte de Fortsas; all existed only in the brilliant imagination of a certain antiquarian."
With an introduction by "Ellery Queen" (Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee) tracing the history of Sherlock Holmes's many "appellative disguises" in pastiche as Fetlock Bones, Herlock Domes, Hamhock Jones, and the like, through to Derleth's own Solar Pons. A Shaw 100 title.
First edition. Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran, 1951. 7.25'' x 5''. Original black cloth. In original price-clipped dust jacket by Frank Utpatel. xxii, 245, [1] pages. Edition of 2000 copies. Inscribed by Derleth on front free endpaper: "for O. Th. [____] / further narratives from 7B Praed Street / Sincerely August Derleth." Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of noted Sherlockian and former federal magistrate judge Andrew Peck. Light wear to jacket, with gentle toning to spine and margins. Book with some offsetting to endpapers, else bright and clean.
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