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POINTER, MICHAEL: : The SHERLOCK HOLMES file

UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,1976.

ISBN 0715370332.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj. Minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges and light creasing to top edge.Small pin prick to upper wrap near to spine/backstrip about 1/3rd down.Same slightly sunned/faded as usual/normal.Red dw/dj with b/w oval portrait photograph of Holmes with diagonal strip sepia illus and photographs to upper wrap and sepia illus of Holmes-Moriarty death struggle at the Reichenbach Falls to rear wrap.Top edge slightly dust-soiled and lightly foxed, fore-edge slightly aged; contents bright, tight and clean.Olive paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.True 1st edn but in BCA (bookclub) binding.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,168pp includes introduction, contemporary b/w illus,profuse b/w photographs,appendix listing appearences of Holmes+Watson in the various entertainment media - stage (1893-1976), silent films (1900-29),sound films (1929-76),radio (1930-74) and television (1937-74) and an index. This book is a pictorial survey of the many impressions of Sherlock Holmes and his world that have been represented to the public.The figure in a deerstalker and Inverness cape,smoking a curly pipe and saying 'Elementary,my dear Watson',needs no identification.The image of Sherlock Holmes is unmistakable, and yet none of those features can be found in Conan Doyle.They have been introduced by artists who illustrated the stories and actors who played the part.The comments from many actors on the problems of portraying the great detective and his long-suffering friend and colleague Dr Watson are included.But most important of all, The Sherlock Holmes File contains the largest picture gallery of Holmes impersonators ever assembled - an amazing collection of more than seventy Sherlocks,in and out of disguise,in and out of Baker Street,with and without Watson,and particularly when tackling that demonic dog in the sleuth's most popular exploit,'The Hound of the Baskervilles'.The file even has a first- hand account of that unique expedition of 1968,when Holmes,Watson and a covey of characters from the adventures journeyed through Switzerland to re-enact the Holmes-Moriarty death struggle at the Reichenbach Falls.Pointer has also written another Holmes book entitled 'The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes.This edition is out of print as the publisher ceased trading in the late 1980's. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.