While cataloging our collection of the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, we recently uncovered that we ha
While cataloging our collection of the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, we recently uncovered that we had not one but TWO autographs from the famed Sherlock Holmes writer. The ink signatures come from our two sets of The Crowborough Edition of the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The 20-volume sets were named after the town of Crowborough in East Sussex, England, the place where Arthur Conan Doyle spent the last 23 years of his life. In each of the 760 sets printed, the British author only signed the first volume, which contains his Rodney Stone, a novel that blends Gothic mystery and boxing. The American firm Doubleday, Doran & Co. published the Crowborough edition in 1930. Conan Doyle died of a heart attack at the age of 71 in July of the same year.Images from: Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Crowborough Edition of the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1930. Call number: PR4620 .A2 1930 Catalog record: https://bit.ly/3n5GYKx -- source link
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