PERSONS FROM PORLOCK; And Other Interruptions / by Vincent Starett
by Starrett, Vincent
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: NORMANDIE HOUSE, 1938. First Limited Edition: 1 of 399 copies. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the Colophon, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale green boards with gold author & title "squared" on front cover, Introduction by George Steele Seymour, archival mylar-protected lettered light green jacket (publisher's bevelled corners), 95 pages + [3] Colophon. Charles VINCENT STARRETT (1886 - 1974), an American author of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes [1933], as well as detective novels and horror/fantasy stories such as The Quick and the Dead for Arkham House in [1965]); a newspaperman who wrote the column "Books Alive" for the Chicago Tribune; a poet of considerable ability (Autolycus in Limbo [1943]); and very well known bibliophile. <br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL COPY in all respects! No previous owner's signature. Starett's signature is on the Colophon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3369
- Title
- PERSONS FROM PORLOCK; And Other Interruptions / by Vincent Starett
- Author
- Starrett, Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Limited Edition: 1 of 399 copies
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NORMANDIE HOUSE
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Sherlockiana, Holmes, Watson, stories, essays, Chicago Tribune, bibliophile, poetry, detectives, horor, fantasy, Chicago
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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