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Hilda Wade.
London: Grant Richards, 1900. First Edition. 8vo. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. A used copy with some shelfwear,rubbed to extremities, gilt illustration rubbed to upper, discreet owner stamp to flyleaf, inside paper joint cracked. Very good. Illustrated throughout by Gordon Browne..... More
The Darkwater Hall Mystery.
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1978. Limited edition. Number 67 of 165 copies. 8vo. Illustrated by Elspeth Sojka. Bound in publisher's original marbled card wraps. Fine with trifling edgewear. Internally clean and bright, a very pretty copy of a scarce piece of Sherlockiana. More
Arthur and George.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. [Historical Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 360 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's olive cloth decorated in black and titled in white to spine and upper. With the original printed paper band to rear board..... More
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Pharos The Egyptian [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume 8.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., June to November 1898. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.vi; 716. With many photogravure illustrations. Contemporary deep burgundy half calf with gilt titles to spine and dark green foliate cloth. All edges flecked red; yellow coated endpapers. Binding rubbed and worn, slightly..... More
Adventures of Gerard.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1904. [Historical Fiction] COPYRIGHT EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 12cm), pp.279; [33]. Publisher's printed paper wraps. Latest date January 1904, given on the first page of advertisements at rear. An extremely clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
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The King of the Foxes [and] The Destroyers [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume VIII.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1898. [Literary Magazine]. FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.vi; 3-716. With numerous in-text lithographic illustrations. In publisher's green cloth with red titles to spine and upper board. Brown floral endpapers. With a PSA Book Fund bookplate to front pastedown. Some gatherings a little loose;..... More
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Contribute [to THE STRAND MAGAZINE]; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Volumes I to VI.
London: George Newnes, 1891-1893. Large octavo, with illustrations. 6 volumes. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes of tan half calf, gilt, with marbled sides and brown morocco title labels, edges speckled red. Some light occasional thumbing and marking within; externally fine. An attractive copy in a robust recent leather..... More
By Way of Introduction.
London: Methuen and Co. 1929. [Sherlockiana] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii, 208; [8]. In publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, lower edges untrimmed, printed dust-wrapper. Contents clean, very faint inscription to flyleaf, jacket toned to spine with a few minor chips..... More
By Way of Introduction.
London: Methuen and Co. 1929. [Sherlockiana] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii, 208; [8]. In publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, lower edges untrimmed, printed dust-wrapper priced at 6s. Contents clean, jacket toned to spine, lightly rubbed at joints. Very good indeed..... More
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack The Ripper.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1966. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.157; [3], blank. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, in an unmistakably restrained yellow Gollancz dust-jacket priced at 18s. Fine in near fine jacket. How Holmes might have solved the infamous Whitehall murders. More
The Unique Hamlet: A Hitherto Unchronicled Adventure of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
Chicago, IL: Privately Printed for the Friends of Walter M. Hill, Christmas 1920. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Slim octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.39; [1], blank. Bound in publisher's mustard-coloured textured paper over boards with printed title label to spine, Japanese vellum endpapers, edges uncut, original off-white tissue jacket. Internally fine..... More
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Bones [in] Tales From Many Sources.
New York, Dodd Mead and Co., 1885. First edition. Four volumes. Octavo. Publisher's dark blue cloth, titled and decorated in gilt to spines and uppers. All volumes clean and sharp with light wear to spine ends, pale spot to lower edge front board volume III. Volume I has some minor..... More
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Memories and Adventures [With a Sherlock Holmes Pastiche]
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1924. FIRST US EDITION. Large 8vo. Pp.vii; 410; [2], blank. With frontisportrait. Publisher's blue gilt-titled cloth in original dust-wrapper. Book is fine, jacket worn with some loss along top edge and significant chips to spine. Rather scarce in the jacket. A fascinating autobiographical account of..... More
Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXVII, No.1922, [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Naval Treaty pt. 2].
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 21st October 1893. FIRST APPEARANCE. The second of two parts, folio. Illustrated by W. H. Hyde. A story later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. In publisher's illustrated paper covers, sewn. Hinges very weak; front nearly loose. Large tear to front cover mended..... More
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A Study In Scarlet [and] The Return.
Chicago, MI: W.B. Conkey Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.175 [1]; 14 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black decoration to spine and upper. Extremely heavily browned and brittle. Fly-leaf very delicate; nearly detached. Light wear to cloth..... More
The Case for Spirit Photography.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [December 1922]. [Occult] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.110. Complete with 16 photographic plates showing 31 photographic images. As Green and Gibson note, the illustrations list call for an additional plate, but no copy with this plate has ever been noted; it seems..... More
Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1895. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Reigate Puzzle (Squires)].
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, June 17, 1893. FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE of this adventure, illustrated by W.H. Hyde, which was later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. Single newspaper issue in pictorial wraps (41 x 29cm). Disbound or extracted from a hardcover with associated wear to the spine..... More
Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1917. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Greek Interpreter].
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, September 16, 1893. FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE of this adventure, illustrated by W.H. Hyde, which was later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. Single newspaper issue in pictorial wraps (40 x 28cm). Disbound or extracted from a hardcover with associated sewing holes to spine..... More
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Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1917. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Yellow Face].
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, February 11, 1893. FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE of this adventure, illustrated by W.H. Hyde, which was later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. Single newspaper issue in pictorial wraps (41 x 29cm). Disbound or extracted from a hardcover with associated wear to the spine..... More
Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1917. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Musgrave Ritual].
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, May 13, 1893. FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE of this adventure, illustrated by W.H. Hyde, which was later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. Single newspaper issue in pictorial wraps (41 x 29cm). Disbound or extracted from a hardcover with associated wear to the spine..... More
The Valley of Fear.
Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914 [1915]. [Crime Fiction] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, Canadian Issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. With seven dichromatic half-tone plates after drawings by Keller, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. A little shaken. Light rubbing to boards with a...... 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. Contents clean, cloth lightly handled..... More
The Hound of The Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, 1902. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.359. With 16 illustrated plates by Paget. Bound in publisher's decorative red cloth, showing silhouette of the hound against a skyline in black and gilt to front board, gilt titles to spine. Internally clean and free from marks and spotting..... More
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes Ltd., 1905. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.[8]; 403; [5]. With 16 illustrated plates by Sidney Paget. Elegantly hand-bound in full blue oasis morocco leather, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt border to covers, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Internally clean, neat old repair to..... More
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1905. [Detective mysteries] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8]; 403; [1]; [4] publisher's advertisements. Publisher's blue cloth, simply titled in gilt to spine and upper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen further plates by Paget. Half-title foxed, some light occasional spotting within else internally clean..... More