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— C. S. Lewis
Sherlock Holmes Stories
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Memories and Adventures. [With a Sherlock Holmes Pastiche].
London: John Murray, 1930. [Autobiography] Second Edition, being the FIRST MURRAY PRINTING in the PRIMARY BINDING, revised and enlarged. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.460; [4] advertisements. Publisher's navy blue gilt-titled cloth covers ruled in blind, pale blue-green dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Colour-printed advertising brochure for 'The Edge of The Unknown'..... 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: 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
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Illustrated Novels. A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of Four; The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Valley of Fear.
London: The Chancellor Press, 1987. [Sherlock Holmes] FIRST THUS. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.[6] 496 [2]. With illustrations to 'The Study in Scarlet' from the 1891 edition by George Hutchinson; to 'The Sign of Four' from the 1903 Souvenir Edition by F.H. Townsend; and to 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'..... More
The Sign of the Four and A Scandal in Bohemia.
Chicago, MI: Rand, McNally & Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.235 [1]. Publisher's navy cloth with red titles and decoration to spine and upper. Some toning and marking to edges. Light wear to cloth; spine gently toned. An unusually nice pirate edition..... More
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The Sign of the Four [and] A Scandal in Bohemia.
Chicago, IL, New York, NY: Rand, McNally and Company, no date [circa 1900s]. [Detective fiction] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.235; [1]. Publisher's red cloth blocked in gilt to spine and upper, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With the short story A Scandal in Bohemia at the rear. Textblock..... More
The Sign of the Four, or, The Problem of the Sholtos.
New York, NY: American Publishers Corporation, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's light brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and black decoration to spine and upper. Extremely heavily browned and brittle. Hinges heavily split, just holding by the netting. Top edge..... More
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: Street and Smith, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 176 [12]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Browning to endpapers, but surprisingly clean otherwise. A superior pirate edition. Rubbing and bumping to corners, toning to spine, and heavy..... More
The Sign of the Four.
Rahway, N.J.: The Mershon Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 189 [3]. Publisher's light orange cloth with black and green titles and decoration to spine and upper. Heavily browned and brittle throughout. Hinges split with netting showing. Spine sunned and toned, with..... More
The Sign of the Four.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189 [5]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and green and red decoration to spine and boards. Heavily browned throughout, and quite brittle. Bookplate or similar removed from front pastedown..... More
The Sign of the Four.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192 [2]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and blind decoration to spine and upper. Hinges split with repairs. Heavily browned and brittle throughout. Light wear to cloth, with a...... More
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: The Mershon Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 189 [3]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Internally clean and bright. Spine gently sunned, and rubbed to head and tail. A few marks to lower..... More
The Sign of the Four.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.229 [5]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Patterned endpapers. Bookseller's sales label to front pastedown. Lightly browned throughout. Slightly bowed and cocked, with some speckling..... More
The Sign of the Four.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.229 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Quite heavily browned throughout, with heavy chipping to lower corner of text-block. Hinges split; front fly-leaf lost. Personal..... More
The Sign of the Four.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.229 [5]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Patterned endpapers. Heavily browned and brittle throughout. Front fly-leaf and title page both split along the guttering and..... More
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: Optimus Printing Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Duodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.176. Publisher's cream cloth with brown titles and decoration to spine and upper. Extremely heavily browned and brittle throughout. Front fly-leaf and title page, as well as a number of internal leaves..... More
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: The Mershon Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Duodecimo (17 x 12cm), pp.189 [3]. With a photographic frontispiece of the author. Publisher's tan cloth with red and green titles and decoration to spine and boards. Top edge gilt. Light toning throughout, with a few..... More
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: William L. Allison Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Repairs to split endpapers. Quite heavily browned and brittle throughout. Moderate wear to cloth, with some white marks to..... More
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.
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