Profile by Gaslight - An Irregular Reader About the Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

1944. First edition. xx, 312pp., a black and white frontispiece and other in-text illustrations and 2 leaves of plates. The list of illustrations states endpaper maps but the endpapers in this copy are blank. This is a collection of essays and commentary that explore the world and character of Sherlock Holmes. It is divided into the following sections: Sherlock Holmes the Legend; Sherlock Holmes the Man; About Dr Watson; The Baker Street Scene; and The Baker Street Irregulars. Contributors include Vincent Starrett, Howard Collins, Christopher Morley, Logan Gelndinning, Rex Stout, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Edgar W. Smith. The book is bound in the original dark red paper covered boards with gold titling on the spine and a blind-stamped silhouette of Holmes on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling to the boards and wear to the paper covering the corner tips. The spine is faded with bumping to the bottom of the spine and loss of about 1/8" from the top of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription.…