Sold privately when Dr. Watson died intestate, the legendary tin dispatch box found its way into the hands of a renowned Philadelphia book collector. Upon discovering that the box contained primarily Watson's rough notes, he set about commissioning writers like Ernest Hemingway, Ellery Queen, Mickey Spillane and others to complete them for his own amusement. This collection is sure to be a treasure trove to delight everyone whose heart belongs to Baker Street.
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Sold privately when Dr. Watson died intestate, the legendary tin dispatch box found its way into the hands of a renowned Philadelphia book collector. Upon discovering that the box contained primarily Watson's rough notes, he set about commissioning writers like Ernest Hemingway, Ellery Queen, Mickey Spillane and others to complete them for his own amusement. This collection is sure to be a treasure trove to delight everyone whose heart belongs to Baker Street.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Author: Marvin Kaye. (Fiction, Mystery, suspense) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book A collection of adventures and mystery stories featuring the inimitable sleuth Sherlock Holmes encompasses fifteen tales written by Morgan Llywelyn, Richard Lupoff, Mike Resnick, Craig Shaw Gardner, Edward D. Hoch, and others. Kaye (The Game Is Afoot; Fantastique) builds this collection on the premise that prominent authors, e.g., Theodore Dreiser, P.G. Wodehouse, Dashiell Hammett and Edgar Rice Burroughs, were hired by a reclusive collector to make sense of the case notes left by Watson in his tin dispatch box. Kaye has asked contemporary authors to write in the style of genre forbears. Thus, Paula Volsky writes the dramatic "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" in the style of Lovecraft; Mike Resnick the hilarious "Mrs. Vamberry Takes a Trip" as Thorne Smith and tales as written by Ernest Hemingway (Morgan Llywelyn), Ellery Queen (Edward D. Hoch), W Somerset Maugham (Henry Slesar), Mickey Spillane (William L. DeAndrea), Jack Kerouac (Richard A. Lupoff), Edgar Rice Burroughs (Craig Shaw Gardner), and Rex Stout (Marvin Kaye), among others. style is well-crafted, with the authors adroitly capturing the feel of their models.
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Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front endpage.