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Roosevelt | Franklin D.

A Baker Street Folio – Five letters about Sherlock Holmes from Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Description

Octavo, [8pp]. Original ivory printed wrappers, title on front cover. Limitation page on back panel, noting that 150 copies of this pamphlet were printed, this being number 39 of 150. Housed in rigid folder with title on label affixed to front panel. Includes a letter from a New York bookseller offering the letter to Mr. Frederick Adams, Jr. Also includes a letter from Edgar W. Smith to members of the Baker Street Irregulars, describing the publication. (Halter T-805) An exceptionally scarce piece of presidential history and Sherlockiana.
Comments: This scarce pamphlet was produced for the Baker Street Irregulars. Per Halter, 75 copies were distributed to members of the society and the remaining were returned to the publisher. The proceeds from this publication went to the Warm Springs Foundation.

Additional information

Location Published

Summit, NJ

Publisher

The Pamphlet House

Edition

Limited Edition

Date Published

1945

ISBN
Binding

Pamphlet

Condition

Fine

Jacket Condition
Author

Roosevelt | Franklin D.