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The Valley of Fear.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1915. [Sherlock Holmes] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 306 [6]. With a black and white frontispiece illustrated by Wiles. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Housed in an attractive marbled-paper covered slipcase. Contents clean, edges and endpapers a little toned, discreet ink name and stylish bookplate to endpapers, covers bright and fresh, spine gently sunned. The fourth and final full-length Sherlock Holmes novel, being a retrospective or 'flashback' adventure set in Pennsylvania, 1888. 'The Valley of Fear' is also notable for the involvement of Holmes' arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty. Item #74014
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