Did Sherlock Holmes meet Hercule: PB 13-2004

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Titles

Did Sherlock Holmes meet Hercule

Maker(s)

Author: Symons, Julian
Illustrator: DePol, John
Publisher: Yellow Barn Press
Printer: Shaver, Neil

Categories

Book

Description

By Julian Symons ; wood engravings by John DePol.

21 p : ill ; 23 cm.

Place(s) associated

Council Bluffs

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1987

Note

"... Neil Shaver was the pressman using a Vandercock Universal. The paper is Rives mould-made. The text was set in 12 point Monotype Bulmer at the Los Angles Type Founders with refinements by hand at the Press. John DePol created th pattern paper for the cover... This is copy number [in ms] 148 0f 200 copies"--Colophon. Inscription below colophon by Depol to John Dreyfus dated May 1988. Quarter bound in red cloth with patterned paper sides; paper label on spine.

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Support composed of paper
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Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 13-2004
Primary reference Number: 99055
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 August 2012

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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