"Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book"
— Stephan Mallarme

Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Small octavo (15 x 11cm), pp.230. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Patterned endpapers. Extremely heavily browned and brittle. Hinges split; several preliminary gatherings loose. Light wear to cloth with a white stain to spine and lower board. Good. A Study In Scarlet (1887) was the first Sherlock Holmes novel, featuring the debut case for the great amateur detective Sherlock Holmes and his new-found colleague, the narrator Dr. John Watson. Also featuring a short story from 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' (1892). Item #57823
Price: £38.00