"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1905. [Literature] FIRST CANADIAN EDITION, predates first UK printing. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.vii; 381; [1], blank. With thirteen illustrations by Charles Raymond Macauley. Publisher's mid green cloth pictorially blocked in yellow and black. Contents clean, ink ownership (J. Frank Newby) to front and rear endpapers, some shelf wear, joints and extremities rubbed, spine ends frayed, corners worn. A serviceable copy of a scarce edition. The bibliography states that 2000 copies were printed, of which 1217 were bound in cloth. In comparison, Newnes (UK) issued 15,000 copies whilst McClure (US) issued 28,000 copies. Item #71063
Green and Gibson A29d.
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