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Smith, Edgar W.
The Baker Street Journal [First Four Issues, Volume 1: Issues 1, 2, 3 & 4].
Publisher: Ben Abramson, New York;
Date of Publication: 1946
Stock Code: 7493
Four volume set, sequentially paginated. Octavo, pp. 108, [109]-[240], [241]-379, [1]; [381]-516. Numerous sketches, head- and tail-pieces and photographs. Printed canary yellow thin card wraps, with advertisements to inner and rear cover. Double-page article from “Life” magazine featuring the recreation of Holmes’ sitting room at Baker Street for the Festival of Britain loosely inserted, along with papers from The Baker Street Irregulars of New York comprising a typed 3-sheet list of Sherlockiana and a typed 4-sheet record of a meeting of the Club in 1951, which includes a list of members. Covers lightly soiled and creased with minor loss at tail of spine of fourth issue. Contents clean; no annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good set. Complete set of the first year of publications; the Society was of course named after the fictional street characters employed by Holmes to gather intelligence. Scarce. £80.00