[Rarebooks] FS: Vincent Starrett's copy of a very scarce Conan Doyle first edition

[Michael John Thompson]

Offering: Vincent Starrett's copy of a very scarce Conan Doyle first edition



[DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan]; RUBER, Peter [editor].

STRANGE STUDIES FROM LIFE. Containing Three 
Hitherto Uncolected Tales Based on the Annals of 
True Crime - A Profile of the Author by Philip 
Trevor - Edited with an Introduction and a Note 
on the Illustrator by Peter Ruber.

Place Published: New York & Copenhagen
Publisher: The Candlelight Press
Date Published: 1963
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Original Wraps
Condition: Very Good
Book Id: 308955

Description:

First Edition. Quarto, original blue printed 
wrappers, stapled at spine. 54 pp, tipped-in 
frontspiece portrait of Doyle. 200 copies 
printed. A mimeographed notice from the press, 
relating to scheduled publications, is loosly 
laid in. This sheet is inscribed at the bottom: 
"Dear V.S. - This doesn't concern you - but I 
send it in case you (need?) scrap paper - P 
Ruber. P.S. Would Like your opinions & comments 
of this." One can safely assume from the 
inscription that the book was sent to "V.S." by 
Ruber, but is "V.S." Vincent Starrett? Likely, 
says this cataloguer. Wrappers lightly worn at 
edges, short closed tear (neatly repaired) at 
bottom edge of front panel, wrappers tanning 
towards the sides, staples with a bit rusty; a 
very good copy. Very scarce. Green & Gibson B48.

Comments

¶ Collects three 'Strange Studies from Life': 
'The Holocaust of Manor Place', 'The Love Affair 
of George Vincent Parker' and 'The Debatable Case 
of Mrs. Elmsley', along with 'A British Commando. 
An Interview with Conan Doyle' by Captain Philip 
Trevor, all reprinted (in facsimile, with othe 
original illustrations by Sidney Paget) from the 
'Strand Magazine', 1901. Issued as 'The First 
Annual Publication of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Literary Society'. There were no further issues.

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