[Rarebooks] Offering: Finely Printed Sherlockiana

[Michael John Thompson]

Offering: Finely printed Sherlockiana from the 
Hand and Press of John Ruyle, Berkeley, California.

27 items, priced individually below, but offered 
as a lot at $400 US postpaid in North America, postage at cost overseas.

If there are no takers within 24 hours, we will 
proced to sell these individually at the marked 
prices. These copies are not listed on the 
internet at all (until this email); there are a 
couple of copies of some titles on Abebooks, many are not available at all.


These all came from the printer's archive and these are our only copies.

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1.  RUYLE, John. THE ADVENTURE OF BLUE PETER. A 
Memoir of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: The Pequod 
Press. 1987. First Edition, First Printing. First 
edition. Small format, original blue cloth, 
printed paper spine label, blue endpapers, extra 
label at rear. Hand printed and bound by the 
author at the Pequod Press in March, 1987, in an 
edition limited to 182 copies, of which this is 
one of 52 clothbound copies lettered & signed. A fine copy.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $45.00

2.  RUYLE, John. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CARDBOARD 
LOX. A Memoir of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: Dowson 
& Miles. 1989. First Edition, First Printing. 
First edition. Small format, original brown 
printed wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by 
the author at the Pequod Press in April, 1989 in 
an edition limited to 100 copies, of which this 
is one of 65 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $40.00

3.  RUYLE, John. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DEVIL'S 
YARD. An Episode of Turlock Loams. Berkeley: Leon 
Sterndale 1998. First Edition, First Printing. 
First edition. Small format, original red printed 
wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by the 
author at the Pequod Press in April, 1998 in an 
edition limited to 76 copies, of which this is 
one of 50 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $35.00

4.  RUYLE, John. THE ADVENTURE OF THE FAIRFAX 
UMPIRE. A Memoir of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: 
Pequod Press. 1988. First Edition, First 
Printing. First edition. Small format, original 
green printed wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand 
printed by the author at the Pequod Press on 
January 30, 1988 in an edition limited to 145 
copies, of which this is one of 100 numbered 
copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $40.00

5.  RUYLE, John. THE ADVENTURE OF THE FAIRFAX 
UMPIRE. A Memoir of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: The 
Pequod Press 1988. First Edition, First Printing. 
First edition. Small format, original patterned 
white cloth, printed paper spine label, tan 
endpapers, extra label at rear. Hand printed and 
bound by the author at the Pequod Press on 
January 30, 1988, in an edition limited to 145 
copies, of which this is one of 45 numbered & 
signed clothbound copies. A fine copy.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $55.00

6.  RUYLE, John. THE ADVENTURE OF THE FERAL 
BARONET. A Story of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: 
Holder & Stevenson. 1995. First Edition, First 
Printing. First edition. Small format, original 
gray printed wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand 
printed by the author at the Pequod Press in 
June, 1995 in an edition limited to 80 copies, of 
which this is one of 45 numbered copies bound in 
wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $40.00

7.  RUYLE, John. THE ADVENTURE OF THE FRAIL 
CODGER. A Memoir of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: 
Biddle, Hayward & Moffat. 1988. First Edition, 
First Printing. First edition. Small format, 
original red printed wrappers, sewn at spine. 
Hand printed by the author at the Pequod Press in 
November, 1988 in an edition limited to 115 
copies, of which this is one of 75 numbered 
copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $40.00

8.  RUYLE, John. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND 
BRAIN. An Episode of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: 
Pycroft & Doran. 1996. First Edition, First 
Printing. First edition. Small format, original 
exotic patterned cloth, printed paper spine 
label, orange endpapers, extra label at rear. 
Hand printed and bound by the author at the 
Pequod Press in June, 1996, in an edition limited 
to 76 copies, of which this is one of 26 
clothbound copies lettered & signed. A fine copy.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $50.00

9.  RUYLE, John. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLEDAD 
CYCLIST. An Adventure of Turlock Loames. 
Berkeley: Nimble & Quick. 1986. First Edition, 
First Printing. First edition. Small format, 
original patterned white cloth, printed paper 
spine label, blue endpapers, extra label at rear. 
Woodblock frontispiece of Loams (who resembles 
one Sherlock Holmes a wee bit) by R.A. Eustachy, 
title page & colophone leaf printed in red & 
black. Hand printed and bound by the author at 
the Pequod Press in August, 1986, in an edition 
limited to 175 copies, of which this is one of 50 
numbered & signed clothbound copies. A fine copy.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $60.00

10.  RUYLE, John. THE ADVENTURE OF THE WOODEN NEZ 
PERCE. An Episode of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: 
Willoughby Smith. 1997. First Edition, First 
Printing. First edition. Small format, original 
brown printed wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand 
printed by the author at the Pequod Press in 
March, 1997 in an edition limited to 76 copies, 
of which this is one of 50 numbered copies bound 
in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $30.00

11.  RUYLE, John. THE ADVENTURE OF THE WOODEN NEZ 
PERCE. An Episode of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: 
Willoughby Smith. 1997. First Edition, First 
Printing. First edition. Small format, original 
patterned cloth, printed paper spine label, brown 
endpapers, extra label at rear. Hand printed and 
bound by the author at the Pequod Press in March, 
1997, in an edition limited to 76 copies, of 
which this is one of 26 clothbound copies lettered & signed. A fine copy.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $50.00

12.  RUYLE, John. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. 
Jiggery-pokery. Berkeley: The Crow's Foot Press. 
1996. First Edition, First Printing. First 
edition. Small format, original purple printed 
wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by the 
author at the Pequod Press in December, 1996 in 
an edition limited to 50 copies, of which this is 
one of 30 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ Sherlockian Rhymes.           $40.00

13.  RUYLE, John. BAKER STREET ANTICS. 
Observations. Berkeley: The Speckled Bandicoot. 
1999. First Edition, First Printing. First 
edition. Small format, original dark gray printed 
wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by the 
author at the Pequod Press in October, 1999 in an 
edition limited to 60 copies, of which this is 
one of 36 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ Sherlockian Rhymes.           $40.00

14.  RUYLE, John. D IS FOR DOYLE. A New Canonical 
Alphabet. Berkeley: The Pequod Press. 1981. First 
Edition, First Printing. First edition. Small 
format, original orange printed wrappers, sewn at 
spine. Hand printed at the Pequod Press in 
October 1981 in an edition limited to 242 copies, 
of which this is one of 190 numbered copies. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A Sherlockian ABC.            $25.00

15.  RUYLE, John. THE HESITANT PATIENT. A Memoir 
of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: The Iron Dyke 
Company. 1992. First Edition, First Printing. 
First edition. Small format, original green 
printed wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by 
the author at the Pequod Press in April, 1992 in 
an edition limited to 100 copies, of which this 
is one of 65 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $30.00

16.  RUYLE, John. LAST TONGA IN LONDON. 
Quodammodotative Quartets. Berkeley: Pondicherry 
Press. 1990. First Edition, First Printing. First 
edition. Small format, original gray printed 
wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by the 
author at the Pequod Press on November 28, 1990 
in an edition limited to 76 copies, of which this 
is one of 50 numbered copies. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ Sherlockian Rhymes.           $40.00

17.  RUYLE, John. MONGOOSE AND MEDICANTS. 
Celebrations & Tribulations. Berkeley: Wood & 
Devoy. 1999. First Edition, First Printing. First 
edition. Small format, original light gray 
printed wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by 
the author at the Pequod Press on November 28, 
1999 in an edition limited to 60 copies, of which 
this is one of 36 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ Sherlockian Rhymes.           $40.00

18.  RUYLE, John. THE MUSCATEL RITUAL. A Memoir 
of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: The Beaune-Again 
Press. 1989. First Edition, First Printing. First 
edition. Small format, original mauve printed 
wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by the 
author at the Pequod Press in August, 1989 in an 
edition limited to 100 copies, of which this is 
one of 65 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $40.00

19.  RUYLE, John. THE NAPA VALLEY MYSTERY. A 
Memoir of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: Pycroft & 
Doran. 1989. First Edition, First Printing. First 
edition. Small format, original brown printed 
wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by the 
author at the Pequod Press in June, 1989 in an 
edition limited to 110 copies, of which this is 
one of 75 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $40.00

20.  RUYLE, John. THE PRENATAL ENTREATY. A Memoir 
of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: Tonga & Small. 1989. 
First Edition, First Printing. First edition. 
Small format, original grayish-blue printed 
wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by the 
author at the Pequod Press on November 28, 1989 
in an edition limited to 100 copies, of which 
this is one of 65 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $40.00

21.  RUYLE, John. A SCANDAL IN BULIMIA. A New 
Adventure of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: The Pequod 
Press. 1986. First Edition, First Printing. First 
edition. Small format, original orange printed 
wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by the 
author at the Pequod Press in May, 1986 in an 
edition limited to 252 copies, of which this is 
one of 200 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $40.00

22.  RUYLE, John. SHERLOCK UNBOUND. New Poems. 
Berkeley: The Crow's Foot Press. 1997. First 
Edition, First Printing. First edition. Small 
format, original blue printed wrappers, sewn at 
spine. Hand printed by the author at the Pequod 
Press in April, 1997 in an edition limited to 60 
copies, of which this is one of 30 numbered 
copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ Sherlockian Rhymes.           $40.00

23.  RUYLE, John. SHERLOCKIAN POEMS On Various 
Occassions. Berkeley: The Pequod Press. 1986. 
First Edition, First Printing. First edition. 
Octavo, original printed wrappers. Hand printed 
by the author at the Pequod Press on November 28, 
1986, in an edition limited to 140 copies, of 
which 100 were bound in wraps and 40 hardbound in 
cloth. This is the wraps issue, but it is 
unnumbered and simply folded into the outer 
wrapper, unsewn. An out-of-series copy from the 
publisher's archive. A fine copy.
¶ Sherlockian verse.            $35.00

24.  RUYLE, John [writing as Douglas NORMAN]. 
VIOLET HUNTING And Other Pawky Pastimes. By 
Norman Douglas [pseudonym]. Berkeley: The Iron 
Dyke Company. 1992. First Edition, First 
Printing. First edition. Small format, original 
mauve printed wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand 
printed by the author at the Pequod Press (here 
called the Slipshod Press) in March, 1992 in an 
edition limited to 76 copies, of which this is 
one of 50 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ Sherlockian Rhymes.           $30.00

25.  RUYLE, John. VIOLET HUNTING And Other Pawky 
Pastimes. By Norman Douglas [pseudonym]. 
Berkeley: The Iron Dyke Company. 1992. First 
Edition, First Printing. First edition. Small 
format, original patterned cloth, printed paper 
spine label, brown endpapers, extra label at 
rear. Hand printed and bound by the author at the 
Pequod Press in March, 1992, in an edition 
limited to 76 copies, of which this is one of 26 
clothbound copies lettered & signed. A fine copy.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $50.00

26.  RUYLE, John. THE WET-HEADED LEAGUE. An 
Episode of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: Wilson & 
Clay. 1998. First Edition, First Printing. First 
edition. Small format, original pale green 
printed wrappers, sewn at spine. Hand printed by 
the author at the Pequod Press in August, 1998 in 
an edition limited to 76 copies, of which this is 
one of 50 numbered copies bound in wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $40.00

27.  RUYLE, John. THE WET-HEADED LEAGUE. An 
Episode of Turlock Loames. Berkeley: Wilson & 
Clay. 1998. First Edition, First Printing. First 
edition. Small format, original patterned green 
cloth, printed paper spine label, green 
endpapers, extra label at rear. Hand printed and 
bound by the author at the Pequod Press in 
August, 1998, in an edition limited to 76 copies, 
of which this is one of 26 clothbound copies lettered & signed. A fine copy.
¶ A 'Turlock Loams' story, a clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche.           $50.00





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