"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

London: J. M. Dent, 1980. REVIEW COPY. Octavo, pp.xxii; [2]; 237; [3]. With publisher's compliments slip loose to prelims. In publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear; likely unread. Near fine. A prequel to Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries, in which Mycroft and Sherlock lay plans to return the United States to British rule, and the origins of Sherlock's rivalry with Moriarty are revealed. Item #47331
Price: £35.00