The Doyle Diary. The Last Great Conan Doyle Mystery. With a Holmesian Investigation into the Strange and Curious Case of Charles Altamont Doyle.
By Michael Baker.
Paddington Press Ltd. New York & London.Copyright 1978 Paddington Press (U.K.) Ltd. All rights reserved.
Oblong 8vo (184 x 260mm. 7¼ x 10¼".), with white cloth cover, gilt title on spine and gilt facsimile on front cover; also with original dustjacket. Dustjacket scuffed, worn and slightly creased.
Charles Altamont Doyle, father of Arthur Conan Doyle, spent the last days of his life in asylums, but the question remains: was he actually mad? This book provides the evidence for readers to judge for themselves. Here reproduced in its enterity is Doyle's diary, a wondrous blending of words and watercolour, a collage of fact and fancy featuring exquisitely detailed fairies and birds, Punch-like cartoons and a never-ending stream of quips and puns.
[Ref: 22090] £30.00
Paddington Press Ltd. New York & London.Copyright 1978 Paddington Press (U.K.) Ltd. All rights reserved.
Oblong 8vo (184 x 260mm. 7¼ x 10¼".), with white cloth cover, gilt title on spine and gilt facsimile on front cover; also with original dustjacket. Dustjacket scuffed, worn and slightly creased.
Charles Altamont Doyle, father of Arthur Conan Doyle, spent the last days of his life in asylums, but the question remains: was he actually mad? This book provides the evidence for readers to judge for themselves. Here reproduced in its enterity is Doyle's diary, a wondrous blending of words and watercolour, a collage of fact and fancy featuring exquisitely detailed fairies and birds, Punch-like cartoons and a never-ending stream of quips and puns.
[Ref: 22090] £30.00