Arthur Conan Doyle, the Hound of the Baskervilles, Arion Press, 1985, NF, slipcase

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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1985. English, limited edition, one of 400, SIGNED by Michael Kenna. Fine hardcover quarto, 7 3/4" x 10", 201 pp., in a Near Fine slipcase.

Fine limited edition hardcover, one of 400 unnumbered copies SIGNED in pencil by Michael Kenna on Photographer's Statement page. Quarto bound in dark brown cloth with black title to spine and black paw print design to front panel and photographic endpapers. One faint small spot of soil to front panel, barely visible, otherwise pristine. Near Fine slipcase in brown cloth with duotone photographs affixed to front and back, cream label with title in Baskerville type with calligraphy by Ward Dunham. Stain to bottom edge of slipcase measuring not affecting function, otherwise clean and sharp. Printed on Monadnock Dulcet paper with black-brown varnished offset lithographic duotone photographs and binding by Schuberth Bookbindery.

The Sherlock Holmes classic realized in ominously beautiful photographs of the Dartmoor moors where the story takes place by English photographer Michael Kenna. Design overseen by founder of Arion Press, Andrew Hoyem. A handsome copy of a truly exceptional rendering worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.