THE LONDON NIGHTS OF BELSIZE

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine. A near very good copy, the binding square and sound with rubbing to the extremities and a little fraying at the spine tips and corners. The contents, with a previous owner's name in ink to the front endpaper are otherwise clean throughout. Scarce. A collection of stories in the vein of Robert Louis Stevenson's New Arabian Nights that includes the Sherlockian homage "Belsize as a Commentator: Sherlock Holmes". The chapter was later reprinted in its entirety in the 'Incunabular Sherlock Holmes' (1958), resulting in several letters to the editor of The Sherlock Holmes Journal that, noting its similarity to an Andrew Lang piece of 1904, ranged from accusations of "literary osmosis" to outright plagiarism. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.