The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes. A Fantasy in One Act By William Gillette
by Gillette, William
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Ben Abramson, 1955. This is a "lost" playlet by the famed actor/manager William Gillette (1853-1937), who played Sherlock holmes some 1300 times during his career. Originally performed as an olio act in a 1905 production of "Clarice," with Charlie Chaplin in its cast. Yellow decorative cloth binding with a red spine; paper title label on the front cover. Fine condition, with a clean text; 25 pages. Illustrated with a photo of Gillette as Holmes and a playbill from the prodcuction; a sweet little book that was LIMITED to 500 copies. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002946
- Title
- The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes. A Fantasy in One Act By William Gillette
- Author
- Gillette, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Ben Abramson
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre/Drama;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...