2013, ISBN: 9e0131512af5ab5f70ab1eb8bf8f8443

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Perigee [c1980]. Soft Cover. 310 p.; 21.5 cm. Contents: Edmund White, First Love; Tennessee Williams, The Killer Chicken and the Closet Queen; Andrew Holleran, Nipples; Jane Rule, In the… Plus…

Perigee [c1980]. Soft Cover. 310 p.; 21.5 cm. Contents: Edmund White, First Love; Tennessee Williams, The Killer Chicken and the Closet Queen; Andrew Holleran, Nipples; Jane Rule, In the Attic of the House; George Whitmore, The Black Widow; Noretta Koertge, Love Lifted Me; Christopher Bram, Aphrodisiac; Felice Picano, Slashed to Ribbons in Defense of Love; Ann Wadsworth, Those Who Are Dreaming; Ron Harvie, The Savoy Taverne; Fran Ross, How She Lost It; Robert S. Ryan, Two Weekends; James D. Wagoner, The White Knight Is Dead; Kate Millett, Sita; Robert Emmet Long, Champion; Peggi McCarthy, Mothering; Daniel Curzon, Two Bartenders, a Butcher, and Me; Noel Ryan, Wild Figs. Pictorial paper covers; minor wear; good. stock#44175/drk., Perigee [c1980], 0, MX Publishing, 2013. Soft cover. Very Good. 219 pages. Book is clean with white pages and a square, tight binding. Front cover has very light corner creases on the bottom right that are very difficult to see in the scans. This series of five novelettes told in the traditional manner by Doctor Watson focusses on Gilbert and Sullivan themes. A young heiress, about to appear in The Mikado, disappears from her private school. Mr D'Oyly Carte engages Sherlock Holmes to investigate mysterious incidents that take place at the Savoy Theatre. Holmes is arrested for murder, but arraigned on another charge, and he is challenged to a duel by an unlikely antagonist - Oscar Wilde! Lastly, he and Watson investigate the strange case of the Queen, Prince Albert and John Brown at Windsor Castle. The anthology contains the following stories: One Little Maid from School Murder at the Savoy Trial by Jury A Scandal in Tite Street The Moving Finger Writes, MX Publishing, 2013, 3, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1969. 1st printing; dj w/lite wear only, unclipped price; 781 clean, unmarked pages . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by B/W Illus. 8 vo., Dodd, Mead & Company, 1969, 3, Candlewick, 2006-01-24. Hardcover. Like New., Candlewick, 2006-01-24, 5, Authorhouse, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Authorhouse, 2012, 2.5, Emily Nevill Jackson writes of her recent travels to the USA, and how she was 'charmed with the retold Savoy Stories. They are so amusing and wholesome, a pleasant change from much of the printed output in these days.' (The Savoy Stories was written by the sister of the recipient, Rose Evelyn Gatliff). Emily Nevill Jackson was a multi-book published author. Single sheet, writing on both sides, embossed index at top, page creased. Dated August 17, 1938. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Manuscript., 2.5, Stanley Paul, 1924. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1924. Reprint. 239 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. B&W photographs throughout. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Pages are rough cut along bottom edge. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards., Stanley Paul, 1924, 2.5<