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AMIS, Kingsley. The Darkwater Hall Mystery. The Tragara Press, Edinburgh, 1978.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Illustrations by Elspeth Sojka. Octavo. 35pp. Marbled wrappers with publisher's printed paper spine label. A fine copy; in publisher's unprinted envelope. Limited to 165 numbered copies. Inscribed by Amis: "Glad that Michael Curtis enjoyed it, Kingsley Amis"
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. THE DARKWATER HALL MYSTERY. The Tragara Press, Edinburgh, 1978.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is Number 11 of 15 copies printed on Saunders cream laid paper and signed by the author. This fantastic Sherlock Holmes pastiche was first published in shortened form in the May 1978 issue of Playboy. Octavo: 35 p. Original marbled paper-covered boards over a black cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in the original acetate dust wrapper.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Amis, Kingsley. The Darkwater Hall Mystery. The Tragara Press, Edinburgh, 1978.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: Number 8 of 15 copies on Saunders, signed by the author and specially bound. Illustrations by Elspeth Sojka 35, [1, blank], [1, colophon] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 15 Copies, Signed. Kingsley Amis writes a fine Sherlock Holmes pastiche, a late memoir of Doctor Watson, first published in shortened form in Playboy for May 1978. Watson had an eye for the ladies and Amis plays on this trait. Halliwell A57a Black cloth spine, titled in gilt, marbled boards. As new Illustrations by Elspeth Sojka 35, [1, blank], [1, colophon] pp. 1 vols. 8vo Number 8 of 15 copies on Saunders, signed by the author and specially bound.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.