"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

New York, NY: William L. Allison Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.175 [1]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Heavily browned throughout. Spine toned, with some rubbing to head and tail. Very good. A Study In Scarlet (1887) was the first Sherlock Holmes novel, and features the initial meeting of and debut case for the great amateur detective Sherlock Holmes and his new-found colleague; the narrator Dr. John Watson. Item #57062
Price: £65.00