Doyle Diary: Last Great Conan Doyle Mystery

First edition. With a Holmesian Investigation into the Strange and Curious Case of Charles Altamont Doyle by Michael Baker.A diary written by Arthur Conan Doyle's father in 1889 at the Montrose Royal Lunatic Asylum, where he was committed for a combination of alcoholism, depression, fatigue, and epilepsy. The diary was bought as part of a lot in the dispersal of household goods at the Doyle family country retreat in 1955, and stored thereafter in a children's playroom until 1977, when it was shown to a dealer who realized it was a major find. Profusely illustrated with Charles Doyle's sketches and watercolors. Jacket rubbed. xxix, 91+ 1 pages. cloth, dust jacket. large oblong 12mo..