AUTOLYCUS IN LIMBO: Introduction by William Rose Benet.
by STARRETT, Vincent
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/good +
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. First, Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. .8vo, blue cloth; dj edgeworn, nicked, some soiling.
Presentation copy, inscribed "For Virginia [Virginia Horton Rogers] and Jenny / in the hope that a divided / ownership of my poems / may cause a stimulating / discord ..." Also, taped to the free endpaper is a short obituary of V.S. 85 poems: no. 32 is the first book appearance of the immortal "221B". [ DeWaal 13519]. Limited to 1500 copies. "One of the most versatile of contemporary inscribers is Vincent Starrett, that gentleman-and-scholar ... We have never seen a Starrett inscription that was trite or threadbare - Ellery Queen."
Presentation copy, inscribed "For Virginia [Virginia Horton Rogers] and Jenny / in the hope that a divided / ownership of my poems / may cause a stimulating / discord ..." Also, taped to the free endpaper is a short obituary of V.S. 85 poems: no. 32 is the first book appearance of the immortal "221B". [ DeWaal 13519]. Limited to 1500 copies. "One of the most versatile of contemporary inscribers is Vincent Starrett, that gentleman-and-scholar ... We have never seen a Starrett inscription that was trite or threadbare - Ellery Queen."
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0005332
- Title
- AUTOLYCUS IN LIMBO
- Author
- STARRETT, Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First, Limited edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- sherlockiana, william rose benet, vincent starrett,
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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