Angels of Darkness: A Drama in Three Acts (Baker Street Irregulars Manuscript Series)
by Doyle, Arthur Conan; Blau, ed.; Essays by Goldfarb, Roden, Wilmeth, Homer
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0964878828
- ISBN 13
- 9780964878822
- Seller
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SANDY, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Baker Street Irregulars, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. x, 191 pages. True FIRST EDITION, published in 2001, not the later 2002 reprint (also out-of-print). Black cloth hardcover boards with gold foil stamping on spine. Black and green dust jacket. REPORTEDLY FEWER THAN 500 COPIES PRINTED, most purchased by Sherlock Holmes collectors and Arthur Conan Doyle scholars. This is a play in which Arthur Conan Doyle focused on and expanded upon the Mormon intrigue contained in his very first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet. UNKNOWN FOR YEARS AFTER CONAN DOYLE'S DEATH, this is the FIRST TIME it was ever published. Includes a 29-page photo-reproduction of the manuscript, a typescript of the full play, showing all text changes in the manuscript, and 4 original essays: Clifford S. GOLDFARB, History of the Manuscript of Angels of Darkness: A Drama in Three Acts at the Toronto Public Library /// Christopher RODEN, Angels of Darkness and the Absence of Sherlock Holmes /// Don B. WILMETH, Angels of Darkness and its Theatrical Context /// Michael W HOMER, The Mormon Subplot in A Study in Scarlet and Angels of Darkness. Dust jacket in an archival Brodart protector.
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- Bookseller
- PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170828
- Title
- Angels of Darkness: A Drama in Three Acts (Baker Street Irregulars Manuscript Series)
- Author
- Doyle, Arthur Conan; Blau, ed.; Essays by Goldfarb, Roden, Wilmeth, Homer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0964878828
- ISBN 13
- 9780964878822
- Publisher
- Baker Street Irregulars
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 191
- Keywords
- SHERLOCK, HOLMES, DOYLE, MORMON, WATSON, MORMONS, MORMONISM, LDS, BRIGHAM, YOUNG, UTAH, STUDY, SCARLET
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About the Seller
PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
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SANDY, Utah
About PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
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