"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."
— C. S. Lewis
The Hound of The Baskervilles.
New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1902. [Detective fiction] FIRST ISSUE (of four), of the First American edition, without the 'R' on the copyright page. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 249; [1], blank; [8], advertisements; [2], blank. Title page printed in black and red. With eight black and white illustrated plates by Sidney Paget, including a frontispiece. Finely hand-bound in full scarlet morocco by Conway, decoratively blocked and lettered in white to the spine and front cover, in the style of the original trade cloth binding. With hand-sewn two-colour endbands, all edges gilt, white endpapers, housed in a custom-made cloth-covered slipcase. A crisp, clean, copy, inside and out. A highly sympathetic and superbly-executed leather book binding. Stephen Conway was awarded the Fellowship from Designer Bookbinders in 2002, and from 2010, served two terms as President of the Society. Item #76291
Green and Gibson A26c, page 122.
Price: £2,500.00
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