Publication: Simon and Schuster, 1957, New York
First edition. Review copy with the slip laid-in. Fine in dust jacket with a few light rubs to the extremities. A collection of 50 anecdotes, personal reminiscences and reflections regarding writing crime fiction. Contains the essay "Who Shall Ever Forget?," the famous and charming chronicle of his introduction to Sherlock Holmes, and "High Sherloctane; or, Having Fun With Words," in which he discusses Rex Stout's scandalous assertion that Watson was a woman.
Inventory Number: 37493