first edition
1927 · New York
by Nichols, Beverley; Arthur Conan Doyle; Ronald Knox; Rose Macaulay; P.G. Wodehouse; Somerset Maugham; Nellie Melba
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Very good plus.. First edition of Nichols's collected profiles of notable figures of his day, including Arthur Conan Doyle, Ronald Knox, Rose Macaulay, P.G. Wodehouse, Somerset Maugham, and Nellie Melba, whose personal secretary he was and whose autobiography he ghostwrote. 8'' x 5.5''. Original blue cloth with paper labels mounted to front board and spine. Lacking original dust jacket. 302 pages. Small bookseller label to rear paste-down. This copy from the library of noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong, with his emboss to half-title page. Small bookseller label to rear paste-down. Light edgewear, cloth chipped at spine.
(Inventory #: 50089)