Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. 152pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth-effect paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped portrait pastiche of Sherlock Holmes on the front cover. Bright blue endpapers. The spine ends and the bottom fore edge corners of the covers are bumped. The dust jacket has minor edge wear. Profusely illustrated by Joe Servello. Kotzwinkle's affectionate tribute to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Inscribed by Kotzwinkle on the half title page. The inscription reads, "For___, William Kotzwinkle, 8/4/95."
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first printing of this title, published by Godine in 1983. Bound in publisher's red cloth. The book is fine, but for a price clipping the dust jacket is also. Illustrated by Joe Servello. Both Kotzwinkle and Servello have signed this copy on the half title - each has adorned their dignature with a small sketch.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by both Kotzwinkle and Servello on half-title page. Stated First Edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, inset pictorial stamped in black on front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked, pages crisp. Ten color full-page illustrations and numerous in-text vignettes by Joe Servello. Publisher's matching, illustrated bookmark laid-in. Dust jacket has a small chip at head of spine; not price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. 152 pages. In a tribute to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales, William Kotzwinkle has crafted five intricately detailed stories in a Holmesian fashion, featuring Inspector Mantis and his companion, Dr. Hopper. The anthropomorphic insect duo pursue their sleuthsome adventures in a Victorian atmosphere and encounter some rather curious entomological twists.
Seller: Boyd Used & Rare Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
William Kotzwinkle. Trouble in Bugland. David R. Godine, Boston, 1983.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Joe Servello. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed on the half title page by the author and illustrator each with their small sketch. Stated First Edition. A Collection of Inspector Mantis mysteries. Some shelf wear and light foxing on inside of the dust jacket. Otherwise nice tight copy with bright colors of the dust jacket!
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.