A Study In Scarlet.

DOYLE, [Sir] Arthur Conan (1859-1930).

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. Bookplate of Herbert F. Mitchell to front pastedown. Heavily browned throughout. Spine toned and lightly rubbed, with a few minor splash marks. 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 #57074

Price: £48.00