The Game is Afoot: A Travel Guide to the England of Sherlock Holmes by Hammer, David L - 1983

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IN: Gaslight, 1983. FINE condition in NEAR FINE original boards. HARDCOVER. 1983. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in marmalade-colored leatherette with gold stamped decorative cover and titles and decorative map endpapers. Square and tight, UNREAD. No dust jacket as issued by publisher. 5-1/4" x 7-1/4", 253 pages. Miniscule pin point spot on front cover and rub to upper point front cover. Maps by Jack Tracy, calligraphy by Mary Jane Gormley. Illustrated with colour and black & white photographs throughout. One of the most beautiful and collectible guide books ever published. A must for Sherlock Holmes fans and collectors. Stored in Archival sleeve.. First Dell Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine Original Boards.

Bloomington, IN: Gaslight Publications, 1983. Hardcover. 12mo. Full terra cotta leatherette with gilt lettering, ornate rules and decoration. 253pp. Numerous illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Near fine. Superb and tight first edition of Hammer's first book -- a Sherlockian travel extravaganza, boldly inscribed and signed "With the compliments / of the author -- / David Hammer" in black ballpoint on half-title page. Hammer (1929-2018) was a Dubuque, Iowa attorney and hardcore respected Sherlockian who carved a second career writing and publishing 26 volumes of nonfiction, poetry and two novels. A quite uncommon title, especially signed.