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Sherlock Holmes Stories
His Last Bow. Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes.
London: John Murray, 1917. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vii; [blank]; 305; [1]; [6 of advertisements]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper board. Some occasional spotting to textblock, spotting to edges. neat ownership inscription to flyleaf, a couple of small tears to the endpapers at the... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. Some edge-spotting else internally clean. Bookseller ticket... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, IL: M.A. Donohue and Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Sextodecimo (15 x 11cm), pp.198; [12]. Publisher's green cloth with titles and decoration in red and green to spine and upper board. Very heavy browning. Reading lean; spine and boards quite heavily rubbed and toned, small... More
A Study In Scarlet.
Chicago, IL: Donohue, Henneberry and Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Sextodecimo (15 x 11cm), pp.230. Publisher's green cloth with titles and decoration in silver to spine and upper board. Textblock browned. Rear free endpaper and flyleaf lost. Splashes and marks to rear board, cloth a little... More
A Study In Scarlet.
New York, NY: American Publisher's Corporation, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [11]. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. Heavy browning. Reading lean; spine sunned to green, bottom corners bumped. Very good considering poor production standards. More
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
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
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
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
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
The Valley of Fear.
London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1915. First UK edition. Octavo, pp. 306, 6 pages of advertisements. Publisher's red cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and front, bottom edge untrimmed. With later red cloth protective wrapper. Some moderate spotting throughout. Slight lean to the bookblock. Covers shows quite heavy wear... More
The Valley of Fear.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1915. [Sherlock Holmes] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.306; [3]. With illustrated frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth, titled in gilt to spine and upper. Housed in a three quarter red morocco clamshell box. Some spotting to edges and first and final leaves, cloth very... More