'The Language of the Restless Fays' in The Boy's Own Paper. No. 107, Vol. III and No. 108, Vol. III

by R. M Ballantyne

$125 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

London: The Leisure Hour, 29th January 1881, and 5th February 1881. Sherlock Holmes Source ORIGINAL MAGAZINES. Two A4 magazines 29 x 21cm , pp.281-296; pp.297-312. Paper covers with wood engraved illustrations; stapled. Lightly browned, chipped and rubbed to edges; staples bent out of shape. A pair of remarkable survivals. Very good. Each issue containing small articles on 'The Language of the Restless Fays,' which inspired Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story

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