Adrian Conan Doyle — The True Conan Doyle

New York, Coward-McCann, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The intimate memoir of the brilliant Sherlock novelist by his son, written as a backlash against the disappointing biographies before his. The first book edition of The True Conan Doyle, the personal biography of the brilliant British novelist, written by his son Adrian Conan Doyle. Published in 1946, first written as a pamphlet in 1945. In the publisher's original green paper boards, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Contains a frontispiece portrait of Arthur.  Adrian wrote this biography as an outcry against previous biographies written on his father, including Hesketh Pearson's 'Life and Art', which upset Adrian by implying the Conan Doyle family were common. Adrian's biography caused a stir among Conan Doyle fans, revealing both his family's illustrious history, reasons behind his father's spirtualism and enlightening anecdotes. In the publisher's original green paper boards, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, mostly smart, with slight fading to the spine. Small knocks to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Dust wrapper is mostly bright and clean, with light rubbing to wrapper edges, and a couple of rubbing marks to front and rear wrapper. Slight sunning to wrapper. End papers are bright and mostly clean, with a torn sticker to rear pastedown and previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Unknown. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.