AN IRREGULAR ANGLO-AMERICAN GLOSSARY OF MORE OR LESS UNFAMILIAR WORDS, TERMS AND PHRASES IN THE SHERLOCK HOLMES SAGA

  • (Toronto): (Castalotte & Zamba), 1959
By Bigelow, S. Tupper; Redmond, Donald A.; Calamai, Peter
(Toronto): (Castalotte & Zamba), 1959. Very good.. First edition of Bigelow's comprehensive lexicon for Sherlockians, quite rare in this format. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original blue paper covers in plastic comb binding. 46, [1] leaves, printed rectos only. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Contemporary gift inscription in pencil to title page. Typographical errors neatly hand-corrected in pen on pages 2, 4, and 41. Light edgewear; several pages partially detached from plastic comb.

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Title

AN IRREGULAR ANGLO-AMERICAN GLOSSARY OF MORE OR LESS UNFAMILIAR WORDS, TERMS AND PHRASES IN THE SHERLOCK HOLMES SAGA

Author

Bigelow, S. Tupper; Redmond, Donald A.; Calamai, Peter

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

(Castalotte & Zamba): (Toronto)

Date

1959


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