HIS LAST BOW: SOME REMINISCENCES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JULIAN SYMONS. (SIGNED BY DOUGLAS WILMER)

Reprint. Hardback. Dust Jacket. First published by John Murray in 1917. 8vo. pp. 212. Original publisher's black illustrated boards lettered white on spine and upper cover in identical dust jacket. Inscribed: 'Best wishes Douglas Wilmer.' The actor Douglas Wilmer (1920 Ð 2016) was most famous for playing the role of Sherlock Holmes alongside Nigel Stock as Watson in the 1960s TV series. He also played Sir Denis Nayland Smith in two Fu Manchu films and was in the Bond film 'Octopussy' among many other appearances in film and television. Julian Symons (1912 Ð 1994) was a crime writer and poet who wrote several pastiches of Sherlock Holmes. Lower corner of upper cover very slightly knocked, otherwise very good. 0752903888 Fine in near fine dust jacket.