Short Basil (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 148pp, illustarted, blue cloth with dustwwrapper; quarto; 148 pages.

Condition: Very Good. 1980. Limited Edition. 126 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. This is copy No.107. Flat signed by authors to edition page. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.

Condition: Good. 1976. First Edition. 72 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Illustrated paper covered boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Flat signed by author to title page. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Ownership plate stuck to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards.

Hardcover. Large 8vo. pp viii, 72, [16] plates. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. Signed presentation from the author on the title page, 'yours sincerely, Basil Short.' ISBN: 0239001613 Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Bookplate. No other markings.

Limited Edition. Number 454. Richly illustrated with photographs. Hardback. Spine sun-faded, otherwise very good and clean in sun-faded dustwrapper. 126pp.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. 128 pages in very good condition. Many photographs. Illustrated endpapers. Blue hard covers with gilt titles and emblem. Light wear on corners and edges. Blue, illustrated DJ with brown titles. Spine and edges faded. Light wear on corners and edges. VG+/VG- Size: 8 x 10 1/2. Book.

8vo., First Edition, with plates; pictorial boards, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.

Original stapled cream card covers. 8vo. 10½'' x 8ĵ''. Contains 8 pages with advertisements. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PLAYS (Theatre Performance).

Archive of three scripts and one post-production script for the 1942 film. First is a First Draft script, under the working title "'Sherlock Holmes' (#2)," by screenwriters Edward T. Lowe and Scott Darling, dated March 24, 1942. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin, with annotations in manuscript pencil on several pages, inquiries about plotline, question marks, as well as dates, and name of screenwriter Darling. Bound in, preceding script, are: A two-page, carbon typescript, breakdown of the story in 21 points, with annotation of "1st rough draft" and "One 3/24/42," in manuscript pencil, in upper right of first page. A ribbon copy typescript "continuity" breakdown of locations and sequences in ten points, dated 4/6/42. A ribbon copy typescript "comments on Sherlock Holmes #2," broken into nine points, dated 4-6-42, and a three-page ribbon copy typescript synopsis, dated 3/24/42. Second is a Third Draft script, under the working title "'Sherlock Holmes' (#2)," crediting screenwriter Scott Darling on front wrapper, and Edward T. Love and Scott Darling on title page, dated April 22, 1942. Annotation in manuscript pencil of "mimeographed pink" on lower right of front wrapper. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin, with several annotations in red or graphite manuscript pencil, question marks, an asterisk, underlines, and screenwriter S. Darling's name and date "4-27-42." Third is a Draft script, under the working title "Sherlock Holmes Fights Back," with name of screenwriter Edmund L. Hartmann on front wrapper. Title page credits to "Additional Changes by Edmund L. Hartmann," and screenwriters Scott Darling and Edward T. Lowe, dated May 22, 1942. Carbon typescript, with mimeograph duplication revision pages. Bound in, preceding script, is a page describing concept for "The Miss Bently School for Girls," with photograph affixed, illustrating concept. Annotations in red and graphite manuscript pencil throughout, noting dialogue, locations, shots, characters, as well as strikes and dates. Lastly, a Post-production Dialogue and Contitnuity script, dated August 6, 1942, with single annotation in manuscript ink on front wrapper. Loosely based on the 1903 Sherlock Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fourth Sherlock Holmes movie starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, and the second produced at Universal Studios. Preceded by "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror" (1942), directed by John Rawlins, and followed by "Sherlock Holmes in Washington" (1943), also directed by Roy William Neill (who would go on to direct all subsequent Holmes films at Universal). Watson and Holmes, transplanted from their usual Victorian setting, now in England in the midst of WWII, have to protect Swiss scientist Dr. Franz Tobel and his invention, an advanced bomb site, from falling into the hands Nazi Germany, as well as Holmes' arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill). The first Holmes film to feature Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey) of Scotland Yard. March 24, 1942 script, "'Sherlock Holmes' (#2)": Gray titled wrappers, dated March 24, 1942, with credits for screenwriters Edward T. Lowe and Scott Darling. Title page integral with first page, dated 3/24/42, noted as 1st draft screenplay, with credits for screenwriters Lowe and Darling. 103 leaves, with last page of text numbered 96. Ribbon copy typescript on onionskin, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good with chipping and closed tears to extremities and one large 4.5 inch closed tear on bottom of front wrapper, bound with three gold brads. April 22, 1942 script, "'Sherlock Holmes' (#2)": Gray titled wrappers, noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper, dated April 22, 1942, with credits for screenwriter Scott Darling. Title page integral with first page, with credits for screenwriters Edward T. Lowe and Scott Darling. 110 leaves, with last page of text numbered 110. Ribbon copy typescript, rectos. Pages Near FIne, wrapper Very Good with closed tears and chipping at extremities, bound with three gold brads. May 22, 1942 script, "Sherlock Holmes Fights Back": Gray titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter Edmund L. Hartmann. Title page present, dated May 22, 1942, with credits for Additional Chages by screenwriter Edmund L. Hartmann, screenwriters Scott Darling and Edwart T. Lowe and author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 107 leaves, with last page of text numbered 100. Carbon typescript with mimeograph duplication revision pages, rectos only, with pink revision pages throughout, undated. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good with large closed tear to front wrapper and chipping and closed tears to extremities, bound with three gold brads. script: Titled self wrappers, noted as DIALOGUE CONTINUITY on the front wrapper,dated August 6, 1942, with credits for director Neill. 109 leaves. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound at top with two gold brads.

Archive of three scripts and one post-production script for the 1942 film. May 4 script missing one page, likely as used or issued. First, an early Draft script, under the working title "Sherlock Holmes vs. Lord Haw-Haw," by screenwriter John Bright, noted as "Contract File Copy" on front wrapper. Carbon typescript, preceded by a four page ribbon copy typescript outline, dated 3/10/42. Annotation of inquiry into necessary story elements and plotline on title page, in manuscript pencil. Several annotations throughout, of Bright's name, page numbers, strikes, question mark, and dates (ranging from 3/10/42 to 3/27/42), in manuscript pencil and ink. Second is a Draft script, under the working title "Sherlock Holmes #1," by screenwriter Lynn Riggs, dated April 2, 1942. Annotations in red and graphite manuscript pencil on front wrapper, some illegible, citing Arthur Conan Doyle and the story upon which script is based, and "Copy from which we mimeod yellow script 4/27/42." Carbon typescript on onionskin, with annotations in manuscript pencil and ink throughout, primarily amending page numbers, scene numbers, and character names, as well as striking the "#1" on title page title and adding "Saves London," amending title to "Sherlock Holmes Saves London," another early working title. Third is a Draft script, under the working title "Sherlock Holmes' Series #1 'Sherlock Holmes Saves London'," credited as "A Free Adaptation" by Robert Andrews, and credits for screenwriters Lynn Riggs and John Bright, dated May 4, 1942. One annotation in manuscript pencil of the name "M. Nicht" on top right of page 107, likely a stenographer. Lastly, the post-production Dialogue and Contitnuity script, here under the working title "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Fear," dated July 28, 1942. Annotation on front wrapper, in manuscript pencil, striking "Fear" in title, adding "Terror," amending title to it's release title. Based on the 1917 short story "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and loosely, on the real-life exploits of Lord Haw-Haw, (several broadcasters, but most notably) William Joyce, a US born Briton who broadcast Nazi Propaganda from Germany to the UK during WWII. Joyce would be convicted of high treason in 1945 and hanged in 1946, the last person executed for treason in the UK. The third Sherlock Holmes movie starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, and the first produced at Universal Studios. Preceded by "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1939), directed by Alfred L. Werker, and followed by "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" (1942), directed by Roy William Neill. Watson and Holmes, transplanted from their usual Victorian setting, and from the WWI setting of the original story, are now in England at the start of WWII investigating the mysterious broadcasts by "The Voice of Terror," apparently from Nazi Germany, warning of acts of terror moments before their occurrence. 3/10/42 script, "Sherlock Holmes vs. Lord Haw-Haw": Gray titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter John Bright. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter John Bright. 126 leaves, with last page of text numbered 121. Carbon typescript, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus with some chipping, creasing, and closed tears at extremities, primarily to front wrapper, bound with three gold brads. April 2, 1942 script, "Sherlock Holmes #1": Gray titled wrappers, dated April 2, 1942, with credits for screenwriter Lynn Riggs. Title page integral with first page, with credits for screenwriter Lynn Riggs. 127 leaves, with last page of text numbered 122a. Carbon typescript on onionskin. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with some creasing and small closed tears to extremities on front wrapper, bound with three gold brads. May 4, 1942 script, "Sherlock Holmes' Series #1 'Sherlock Holmes Saves London'": Gray titled wrappers, dated May 4, 1942, with credits for adaptation by Robert Andrews, author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and screenwriters Lynn Riggs and John Bright. Title page integral with first page. 115 leaves, with last page of text numbered 113. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 5/8/42 and 5/14/42. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, with some chipping, creasing and closed tears to extremities, bound with three gold brads. July 28, 1942 Dialogue and Contiuity post-production script: Title self wrappers, noted as DIALOGUE CONTINUITY on the front wrapper, dated July 28, 1942. 117 leaves. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound at top with two gold brads.