THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES

New York: Julian Messner, 1967. Fourth printing. Very good plus in very good jacket.. Inscribed early printing of Hoehling's biography of Arthur Conan Doyle for young adult readers, previously owned by two BSI members. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original purple and yellow pictorial boards. In original unclipped ($3.19) pictorial dust jacket by Frank Kramer. 191, [1] pages. Inscribed by Hoehling with "best wishes" to BSI member Glenn J. Shea on front free endpaper. Shea's bookplate on front paste-down and ownership stamp to rear paste-down. Though no additional provenance markings, this copy subsequently from the library of noted Sherlockian, BSI member since 1973, and retired US magistrate judge Andrew Peck. Book with light edgewear, bit of toning to spine. Jacket with light toning, sunning to spine, small closed tear to bottom of front panel. (Inventory #: 53631)