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New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 8th July 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). Subscriber ticket to front cover. Disbound or extracted from a bound volume, with associated wear to the spine fold, lacks rear leaf (ads/cover). Not affecting Holmes story. Very good. Published in the UK within the Strand Magazine, this Harper's printing features alternative and exclusive illustrations (Strand printings carry the regular Sidney Paget drawings). Item #73842
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