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— Marcel Proust
New York, March 11, 1893. [Detective story] FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE of this adventure, illustrated by W.H. Hyde, which was later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. Single newspaper issue in pictorial wraps (41 x 29cm). Disbound or extracted from a bound volume, with associated wear to the spine fold. Remains bright. Very good overall. Also issued in the British 'Strand Magazine'; the Harper's printing has exclusive illustrations (the UK issue carries the regular Sidney Paget drawings). Item #73070
Literature / Bibliography; Green and Gibson; A Bibliography of A.Conan Doyle [A14]. Hardwicke; Complete Guide to Sherlock Holmes (1986). See also Haining (Crime Fiction), Cooper & Pike (Detective Fiction), Steinbrunner & Penzler (Mystery & Detection), Quayle (Det.Fiction), Haycraft (Murder for Pleasure) Queen's Quorum.
Price: £175.00
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