Author: Doyle, A. Conan.
Title: Tales of Sherlock Holmes. [Movie Edition].
Description: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, circa [1940s]. [1940s]. - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Light green cloth titled in darker green on the front cover & the spine, in the original pictorial dust wrapper illustrated with a photograph of Basil Rathbone in the title role. The edges of the covers are faded and bumped. The soiled & stained dust jacket is chipped along the edges. [ii] & 359 pages. The pastedowns are darkened, else the contents are unusually BRIGHT and CLEAN. (The pages of many copies are often found darkened and yellowed due to the paper used during the Second World War). Very good in a good dust wrapper. Movie edition. Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) created the role of Sherlock Holmes on the screen in 14 films from 1939 through 1946. Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; MYSTERY; DETECTIVE FICTON; CRIME NOVEL; MOVIE EDITION; A. CONAN DOYLE; BASIL RATHBONE; TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; MOVIE EDITION; SHERLOCKIANA.


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