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His Last Bow. Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes.
London: John Murray, 1917. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vii; [1]; 306; [6 of advertisements]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper. Some foxing to preliminaries, edges toned, rear endpapers partially split along the gutter, with the binding still sound. Binding slightly bumped and worn to extremities..... More
The Lost World. Being an Account of the Recent Amazing Adventures of Prefessor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone of the "Daily Gazette."
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. First Edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on label. Octavo. pp. vii, 319. With 5 monochrome plates featuring illustrations of dinosaurs and landscapes. Also featuring the clipped signature of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle affixed to the front pastedown. In maroon morocco leather binding of W. Perkins..... More
The Lost World. Being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Professor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone of the "Daily Gazette". New Edition.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1914]. LARGE PAPER EDITION. Tall Octavo, pp.319. Mounted illustrations and colour frontispiece unique to this edition. This is the first issue, bound in light blue gilt-decorated cloth, with blind-stamped dinosaur print to covers, and illustrated endpapers. Of the 1000 copies printed, just 190 were bound in..... More
The Maracot Deep and Other Stories.
New York, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Octavo, pp.307. Publisher's black decorative cloth printed in yellow in the original colourful pictorial dust jacket. A little dusty to top edge but essentially a fine copy of the book. The jacket is faded and browned to..... More
The Maracot Deep. And Other Stories.- The Disintegration Machine, The Story Of Spedegue's Dropper and When The World Screamed.
London, John Murray 1929. FIRST EDITION, 8vo. Publisher's deep pink cloth, titles in gilt to the front board and spine. Including a list of Conan Doyle's works, printed opposite title page, plus 10 pages of advertisements to the back of the text Generally very good; a little toning to text..... More
Micah Clarke. His Statement.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vi; 421; [1]; [16 of advertisements]. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt to spine and upper, patterned endpapers. With a card inscribed and signed by Conan Doyle affixed to the pastedown: "R. Hemingsley. | from..... More
The Mystery of Cloomber.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1910. [Strange Tales] COPYRIGHT EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 12cm), pp.286; [34]. Publisher's printed paper wraps. Dated 1909, with the latest printed date being April 1910 on the rear cover. Blue stamp of a Florentine bookseller to the front cover. Some light rubbing and water marks to spine..... More
Our Second American Adventure.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1924. [Psychic phenomena] FIRST U.S. EDITION, using British sheets. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.250. Publisher's dark green cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, pale green dust-wrapper printed in red, priced at $3.00. A lovely fine copy of the book (gilt a little dulled) in..... More
The Parasite.
London: Constable, 1894. [Supernatural Fiction]. FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Small octavo (16 x 9cm), pp.125. Ribbed blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, gilt dragon design to upper. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Minor toning to edges, cloth a little worn at extremities, bookplate 'Christopher Clark Geest', pencil..... More
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1905. [Detective fiction] First Colonial Edition. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 403; [1], imprint; [8], advertisements. With a frontispiece illustration by Sidney Paget. Publisher's pictorial light blue-green cloth titled and decorated in gilt and black to the spine and front board, 'swan' patterned endpapers. Some..... More
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1905. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, predates first UK printing. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.vii; 381; [1], blank. With thirteen illustrations by Charles Raymond Macauley. Publisher's black cloth pictorially blocked in yellow and tan. A curious ASSOCIATION COPY, formerly belonging to the great Sherlockian authority Vincent..... More
Round the Red Lamp, Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life.
London: Methuen, 1894. [Strange tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vii; 328; [32], advertisements (dated October 1894). Elegantly hand-bound in red half calf, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, black morocco title label, marbled sides, publisher's original cloth bound in at rear. Very clean within, adverts partially..... More
The Sign of the Four.
Chicago, IL; M.A. Donohue and Co., no date [circa 1900s]. [Detective fiction] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.189; 42; [28]. Publisher's green cloth blocked in cream and gilt to spine and upper, decorative endpapers. With the short stories My Friend the Murderer and A Night Among the Nihilists at..... More
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The Speckled Band [An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes].
London: Samuel French, 1912 [actually 1923]. [Crime drama] FIRST EDITION. Third of four issues [impressions]; textually the same, but with slight differences concerning wrapper styles and imprints. This issue with French's address on the upper cover showing as '25 West 45th Street' and word 'Publisher' [singular], p.126 lists twenty-three plays..... More
Spiritualism and Rationalism. With a Drastic Examination of Mr Joseph McCabe.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1920]. [Spiritualism] FIRST EDITION. Slim octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.32. Thick grey paper covers ruled and titled in black. Some spotting, two faint owner stamps to upper. A rare survival of a throwaway item; just one other example is available at the time of..... More
A Study In Scarlet, and A Case of Identity.
Chicago, IL: E.A. Weeks and Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.232. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Textblock browned. Cloth rubbed to extremities, especially to joints, corners and spine ends, some scuffs and marks. Very good... More
A Study In Scarlet.
Chicago, IL: E.A. Weeks and Company, no date [circa 1900s]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.232. With A Case of Identity printed at the rear. Publisher's green cloth blocked to resemble a half morocco binding with gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt. Cheap paper stock a...... More
Three of Them.
London; John Murray 1923. First Edition. Small 8vo. Fine in publisher's grey paper covered boards over red linen spine with paper label. Fresh, clean and bright in a near fine dustwrapper, closed tear to spine hinge of upper rear panel. Slight scuffing and soiling, very light edgewear. Internally clean and..... More
Through the Magic Door.
London: Thomas Nelson n.d. [ca.1920]. Attractive early hardcover in original photographic dustwrapper. Crown octavo, pps.253; [1], imprint; [2], advertisements. Page edges a little toned, jacket toned to spine, chipped to crown, tail and folds, price label of 2/6 to upper. A charming survival. Through the Magic Door is Conan Doyle's..... More
The Valley of Fear.
London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1915. First UK edition. Octavo, pp. 306, 6 pages of advertisements. Publisher's red cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and front, bottom edge untrimmed. With later red cloth protective wrapper. Some moderate spotting throughout. Slight lean to the bookblock. Covers shows quite heavy wear..... More
The Valley of Fear. A Sherlock Holmes Novel.
New York, NY: George H. Doran Company, 1914. [Detective fiction] TRUE FIRST EDITION, prior to UK first printing, which was not illustrated. Post octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. With seven full-page illustrations by Arthur I. Keller, including the frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth blocked in gilt. Light wear only, some minor..... More
The Vital Message.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1919]. [Spiritualism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.228. With four black and white photographic plates. Pages 1-2 are pasted to cover as endpapers (as issued; Green and Gbson, p.302, line 1). Bound in dark grey cloth lettered in gilt to the backstrip. Contents..... More
The Vital Message.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1919]. [Spiritualism] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.228. With four black and white photographic plates. Handsomely bound in mid-green full oasis morocco, with twin black morocco title labels lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt rules to spine and boards, top edge gilt..... More
The House of Silk.
London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.294. One of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author on the half title. As new, in jacket, in titled slipcase, in original shrinkwrap. Anthony Horowitz's first Sherlock Holmes continuation novel, followed up by Moriarty in 2014..... More
Post Card Album.
no place, no date [circa 1900-1930s]. [Sherlock Holmes] POSTCARD ALBUM. Quarto (29 x 25cm). Hardcover postcard album containing 80+ postcards relating to Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. The postcards comprise portrait photos of actors from various Sherlock Holmes films, some stage shots from the non-Sherlockian films Rodney Stone ('The..... More
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