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Crime & Thrillers
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: The F.M. Lupton Publishing Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Black ink gift inscription, and purple corporate compliments stamp to fly-leaf. Extremely heavily browned and brittle throughout. Light wear to cloth..... More
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: Hurst & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 176 [8]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black decoration to spine and upper. Extremely heavily browned and brittle throughout. p.173/4 detached, with heavy chipping to margins. Remarkably..... More
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: The Federal Book Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, and green and blue decoration to spine and upper. Pencil ownership to front pastedown, and purple ownership stamp to fly-leaf. Extremely browned..... More
The Sign of the Four.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (15 x 11cm), pp.3-229 [5]. Publisher's yellow cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Endpapers patterned in green. Really the worst imaginable condition internally, being heavily browned and brittle, heavily chipped to..... More
The Sign of the Four.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1898]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (15 x 11cm), pp.3-229 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Black ink gift inscription dated Christmas 1898 to fly-leaf. Repairs to split hinges. Heavily browned and brittle throughout..... More
The Sign of the Four.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1897]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (15 x 11cm), pp.3-229 [3]. Publisher's brown cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Endpapers patterned in orange. War Service Library bookplate to pastedown and remains of docket pocket to rear pastedown..... More
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The Sign of the Four. [A Night Among the Nihilists and Cyprian Overbeck Wells].
New York, NY: Street & Smith, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 176; 42 [6]. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine and black titles to upper. bookplate to front pastedown, and a small red ownership stamp to fly-leaf. Some light offsetting..... More
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The Sign of the Four. [A Scandal in Bohemia].
New York, NY: American Publishers Corporation, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222. Publisher's mauve cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. Ownership stamp to front pastedown. Hinges badly split, with rear fly-leaf lost and netting exposed. Heavily browned and..... More
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The Sign of the Four. [and] The Siege of Sunda Gunge.
Chicago, MI: W.B. Conkey Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176; 3-30 [4]. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles to spine, black titles to upper, and red and black decoration to both spine and upper. Heavy pencil inscriptions and doodles to endpapers. Only..... More
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The Sign of the Four. [and] The Siege of Sunda Gunge.
Chicago, MI: W.B. Conkey Company, No date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176; 3-30 [4]. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, black titles to upper, and black decoration to both spine and upper. Moderately toned, and quite brittle paper, with one or two..... More
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A Study In Scarlet [and] A Case of Identity.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Small octavo (15 x 11cm), pp.230. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Patterned endpapers. Extremely heavily browned and brittle. Hinges split; several preliminary gatherings loose. Light wear to cloth with..... More
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A Study In Scarlet [and] A Case of Identity.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.230. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine; top edge gilt. Extremely heavily browned and brittle. Hinges just starting. Black ink ownerships and stamps to endpapers. Wear and bumping to spine..... More
A Study In Scarlet, and A Case of Identity.
Chicago, IL: E.A. Weeks and Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.232. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Textblock browned. Cloth rubbed to extremities, especially to joints, corners and spine ends, some scuffs and marks. Very good... More
A Study In Scarlet.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.230. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black decoration to spine and upper. Heavily browned throughout. Hinges starting, but still quite firm. Rubbing and a few minor damp marks..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
New York, NY: William L. Allison Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.175 [1]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Heavily browned throughout. Spine toned, with some rubbing to head and tail. Very good. A Study In Scarlet..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
New York, NY: William L. Allison Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.175 [1]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Bookplate of Herbert F. Mitchell to front pastedown. Heavily browned throughout. Spine toned and lightly rubbed, with a...... More
A Study In Scarlet.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (16 x 12cm), pp.230 [4]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Patterned endpapers. Heavily browned and very brittle throughout. Hinges split with netting showing at rear. Cocked, with light..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
Chicago, MI: M.A. Donohue & Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.198 [12]. Publisher's green cloth with red and green titles and decoration to spine and upper. Black ink ownership stamp to fly-leaf. Extremely heavily browned and brittle throughout. Some advertisement leaves at..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
Rahway, NJ: The Mershon Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.iv; 216 [4]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Clean and bright internally, with just a hint of browning to endpapers. Some toning and water sprinkling to spine..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
New York, NY: William L. Allison & Co., no date [1899]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.188 [4]. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. Fly-leaf detached, with a black ink gift inscription dated 1899. Repairs to split rear hinge. Extremely..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
New York, NY: Hurst and Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spine. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf. Rear hinge badly split, with fly-leaf detached; front fly-leaf nearly detached. Extremely heavily browned and brittle throughout. Quite..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
Rahway, NJ: The Mershon Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 216. Publisher's red cloth with white titles to spine and upper. A little toning and spotting to edges, and a hint of spotting to endpapers. An unusually high quality pirate edition on..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
New York, NY: Charles Broadway Rouss, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.188 [4]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Front fly-leaf detached. Repairs to split rear hinge. Extremely heavily browned and brittle throughout. Moderate wear to cloth, with toning and marks..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
New York, NY: The F.M. Lupton Publishing Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Small octavo (15 x 11cm), pp.175 [3]. With a half-tone portrait frontispiece of the author. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and green and pink decoration to spine and upper. Heavily browned..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
New York, NY: H.M. Caldwell Co., no date [circa 1898]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Small octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.iv; 216. With a half-tone portrait frontispiece of the author, and four further illustrated plates. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt, black and grey decoration to spine..... More