The quartering press (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 224 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. 'For the first time, the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and the Baker Street Irregulars have come together in a publishing venture to celebrate the life of the great Holmesian and Doylean scholar, Richard Lancelyn Green. His untimely death made worldwide headlines in 2004, as did the news of his wish that his phenomenal collection be left to the Portsmouth Library. An important exhibition of some of the many thousand items in the Bequest opened in 2007 and scholars and visitors will be able to benefit hugely from what the Library is doing with the enormous volume of material they inherited. The Editors have collected a wide variety of memories of, and tributes to, Richard from a myriad of friends and admirers. There are personal thoughts from Richard s mother and siblings, tributes from Douglas Wilmer and Owen Dudley Edwards and many other contributions covering the broad interests held by Richard.'. …

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original dark green cloth with titles in gilt to the spine and front board, in dustwrapper. Portrait frontispiece of Richard Lancelyn Green and 24 pages of plates including photographs and figures in black and white. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean and fresh throughout without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with very lightly creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Richard Lancelyn Green (19532004) was one of the most important 20th-century scholars and collectors of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. He was particularly renowned for the depth of his knowledge and for an extraordinary personal collection of Doyle / Holmes material. Among his significant scholarly achievements was 'A Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle', written with John Michael Gibson. This collection of reminiscences, essays, tributes and personal recollections by people who knew or worked with Richard, is a joint publishing venture between the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and the Baker Street Irregulars. The contributors include members of his family as well as prominent figures from the Sherlockian and Doylean world. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Hardcover. The Quartering Press. 2007. London, New York. Hardcover. Octavo. New. First edition. The Quartering Press is a joint venture of The Baker Street Irregulars and The Sherlock Holmes Society of London. This publication is the Quartering Press's first book. Richard Lancelyn green, who died in 2004, was the world's leading authority on the life and works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Includes 11 black and white photographs. 224 pages.…

Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. 12mo, publisher's green cloth, printed in silver. Mr. Green is the author of "A Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes" and edited a number of books containing rare A. Conan Doyle material. As new.