"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde

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 darkening of the cloth. All volumes internally clean, with light uniform toning. Bookplate of Leon Straus to pastedown of all four volumes. An attractive set, uniformly bright and strong, very good indeed. Chiefly of interest for Conan Doyle's first published appearance in book form - 'Bones' in volume IV. Also including an interesting array of stories from other writers. Precedes 'Dreamland and Ghostland.' Scarce. Item #36509
Greene and Gibson C79.
Price: £550.00