Product Description
A hardcover first Irish edition, Dolmen Press, of Owen Dudley Edwards biography of the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle - The Quest for Sherlock Holmes.
Hardcover, first Irish edition 1983, a simultaneous UK edition was published by Mainstream , Scotland in the same year. Some minor edgewear to the white dj, internally unmarked, no flaws or inscriptions noted. A detailed literary biography, it traces the life of the Scottish writer and discusses the influence of his childhood and education on his fiction writing , his Irish roots and how his life experiences were hugely influential on his characters and writing.