THE MAN WHO HATED SHERLOCK HOLMES: A Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

(New York): (Pantheon Books), 1965. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. First edition of Wood's engaging illustrated biography of Doyle for younger readers. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original orange cloth stamped in black. In original unclipped ($3.75) pictorial dust jacket. Black-and-white illustrations by Richard M. Powers. 180 pages. This copy from the library of noted Sherlockian, BSI member since 1973, and retired US magistrate judge Andrew Peck. Minor scuffing to jacket at extremities, slight soil to top of page block, minor toning/offsetting to endpapers.