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Sherlock Holmes Stories
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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.
London: John Murray, 1929. [Detective Fiction] First 'Cheap' edition (being the FIRST EDITION, Second Impression). Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's brown cloth, titled to spine in gilt, in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 3/6. Some edge spotting, gilt to binding toned, wrapper split along rear spine fold and with chips... More about The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
A Collection of Works by Arthur Conan Doyle in 'West End' style bindings.
London: John Murray, 1924-1931. A finely bound collection of Murray editions, all but one published during the author's lifetime. Ten volumes, octavo (19 x 13 x 35cm). In exquisite half tan calf with full gilt backs, twin title labels, buckram sides, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Mostly clean within (some... More about A Collection of Works by Arthur Conan Doyle in 'West End' style bindings
The Coming of the Fairies.
New York, NY: George H. Doran, 1922. [Spiritualism] FIRST U.S. EDITION. 1500 copies published. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.196. Illustrated with photographic plates. Publisher's mid-brown cloth, lettered in black, with photographic illustration laid down to upper, top edge ochre, others untrimmed. Slight toning, ink note 'hobby room' to flyleaf, same... More about The Coming of the Fairies
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Contributes [to HARPER'S WEEKLY, Vol XXXVII, Nos.1921-2]; 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes- The Naval Treaty'. ORIGINAL ISSUES IN WRAPPERS (parts 1 and 2, complete).
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, October 14-21, 1893. FIRST APPEARANCE of this adventure, illustrated by W.H. Hyde, which was later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. Single newspaper issues in pictorial wraps. Internally clean, with the occasional edge-tear. Covers are a little toned, discreet gummed postal label to... More about Contributes [to HARPER'S WEEKLY, Vol XXXVII, Nos.1921-2]; 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes- The...
The Crown Diamond. An Evening with Sherlock Holmes. A Play in One Act.
New York, NY: Baskerette Press [The Baker Street Irregulars], 1958. FIRST EDITION in book-form, limited to 59 numbered copies (this being out-of-series). Slim octavo, unpaginated, with woodblock illustrations, two of which are printed in colour. Publisher's black quarter cloth over pink paper-covered boards with title label to upper. Internally very... More about The Crown Diamond. An Evening with Sherlock Holmes. A Play in One Act
His Last Bow. Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes.
London: John Murray. 1917. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. v, 305 [6]. In publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. In new matching red cloth jacket with matching gilt titles to spine. A well-handled copy with guttering of front end papers slightly split. Spine faded to... More about His Last Bow. Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
His Last Bow. Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes.
London: John Murray, 1917. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vii; [1]; 306; [6 of advertisements]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper. Some foxing to preliminaries, edges toned, rear endpapers partially split along the gutter, with the binding still sound. Binding slightly bumped and worn to extremities... More about His Last Bow. Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
The Hound of the Baskervilles.
London: George Newnes, 1902. FIRST EDITION, with associated AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL. Octavo, pp.359. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and front, with a black stylised hound to front. Complete with the required sixteen plates by Sidney Paget. 'The Yew Alley' plate misbound, facing page 162 rather than... More about The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles.
London: George Newnes, 1902. [Classic mystery]. FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo, pp.[viii]; 359; [1] blank. With 16 illustrated plates by Paget. Handsomely bound in full burgundy oasis morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt centre tool, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers endpapers. A few minor marks within, plate... More about The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of The Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1905. COPYRIGHT EDITION, later impression. Duodecimo. pp. viii, 270 [32]. In publisher's paper covers with black titles. Final gathering (adverts) loose. Wear and browning to spine, otherwise very good. More about The Hound of The Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
The Lost World. Being an Account of the Recent Amazing Adventures of Prefessor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone of the "Daily Gazette."
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. First Edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on label. Octavo. pp. vii, 319. With 5 monochrome plates featuring illustrations of dinosaurs and landscapes. Also featuring the clipped signature of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle affixed to the front pastedown. In maroon morocco leather binding of W. Perkins... More about The Lost World. Being an Account of the Recent Amazing Adventures of Prefessor George E....
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes. 1905. [Detective mysteries] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8]; 403; [1]; [4] publisher's advertisements. Publisher's blue cloth, simply titled in gilt to spine and upper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen further plates by Paget. Housed in a modern protective cloth wrapper. Internally nice and clean... More about The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1905. [Detective fiction] First Colonial Edition. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 403; [1], imprint; [8], advertisements. With a frontispiece illustration by Sidney Paget. Publisher's pictorial light blue-green cloth titled and decorated in gilt and black to the spine and front board, 'swan' patterned endpapers. Some... More about The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
London: Longman's Colonial Library, 1905. First Colonial Edition. Octavo, pp.[viii]; 403; [1], imprint; [8], advertisements. With a frontispiece illustration by Sidney Paget. Publisher's pictorial light blue-green cloth titled and decorated in gilt and black to the spine and front board, 'swan' patterned endpapers. A used copy with occasional foxing, edges... More about The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
London: Longman's Colonial Library, 1905. First Colonial Edition, published simultaneously with the UK first. Octavo, pp.[viii]; 403; [1], imprint; [2], advertisements. With a frontispiece illustration by Sidney Paget. Elegantly hand-bound in half dark blue oasis morocco leather, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, cloth sides, top edge gilt... More about The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1905. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, predates first UK printing. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.vii; 381; [1], blank. With thirteen illustrations by Charles Raymond Macauley. Publisher's black cloth pictorially blocked in yellow and tan. A curious ASSOCIATION COPY, formerly belonging to the great Sherlockian authority Vincent... More about The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Sign of Four.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1928. COPYRIGHT EDITION, first published in this format in 1891; dated July 1928 on rear cover. Duodecimo. pp. 278 [32]. In publisher's paper covers with black titles. Heavy reading lean; front cover nearly detached. Fair. More about The Sign of Four
The Sign of Four.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, n.d. [1930s]. PITMAN'S SHORTHAND EDITION. Foolscap octavo, pp.170; [22], advertisements. Entitled 'New Era Edition'. Publisher's mid blue cloth, titled in gilt to spine and upper, imprint and price of 2/6 stamped in blind. Minor rubbing; a near fine copy. More about The Sign of Four
The Sign of Four. With eight illustrations.
Smith Elder, London 1913. INSCRIBED TO LADY VICTORIA SACKVILLE of Knole House, mother of author Vita Sackville-West. Stated 'New Edition'; previously published by Blackett then Newnes, this is the first edition thus. Octavo, pp.[viii]; 285; [10], advertisements. With presentation inscription to title page; 'To Lady Sackville | Yours very sincerely... More about The Sign of Four. With eight illustrations
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 about A Study In Scarlet, and A Case of Identity
A Study In Scarlet.
Chicago, IL: M.A. Donohue and Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.159; [29]. With 'A Night Among the Nihilists' printed without pagination at rear. Publisher's green cloth with white titles to spine and upper board. A chromolithographic illustration laid onto the upper board... More about A Study In Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet.
London: Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1893. [Detective novel] First edition to contain Dr Joseph Bell's introduction 'A Note on Sherlock Holmes'. Bell was Doyle's university lecturer in medicine and the original model for his great detective. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[xx]; 224; [12] advertisements. With several black and white in-text... More about A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet.
London: Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1892. [Detective novel] EARLY EDITION. Seventh printing overall, being the sixth impression as a separated book (the first appearance being within Beeton's Christmas Annual, 1887). Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[xx]; 224; [24], advertisements. With several black and white in-text and full-page illustrations. Bound in publisher's... More about A Study in Scarlet
The Valley of Fear.
London, George Bell and Sons. 1915. First English Edition, Colonial issue. 8vo. Publisher's scarlet cloth (also issued in dark red/burgundy). Gilt titles to spine, blocked in blind to upper. A used but presentable copy with some age-toning to text block, cloth sunned to spine, frayed to joint, one crease to... More about The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1915. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Binding is presentable, though rubbed, with bumping and minor fraying to corners and spine ends. Internally clean, with incipient spotting to prelims. The last of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes... More about The Valley of Fear
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