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Sherlock Holmes Stories
The Valley of Fear.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1915. First UK Edition with SIGNED salutation affixed to flyleaf. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8]; 306; [6]. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Bottom edge untrimmed. Author's handwritten note "Yours faithfully | A Conan Doyle" measures 7 x 5cm... More
The Valley of Fear. A Sherlock Holmes Story. With a frontispiece by Frank Wiles.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1915. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo; pp.306 plus 6 pages of ads. Publisher's fresh red cloth, bright gilt titles to spine and upper. Some spotting to prelims. Slight toning to spine and subsequent dulling of the gilt. A very good, tight copy. The fourth and final... More
![The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle [set of writings/novels including the Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four]. Arthur Conan DOYLE, Sir.](/pictures/thumb/47917.jpg?v=1493311041)
The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle [set of writings/novels including the Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four].
London: Smith Elder, 1903. AUTHOR'S EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, LIMITED to 1000 sets of which this No 372, SIGNED by Conan Doyle in first volume. 12 volumes. Octavo. In fact only 510 sets were issued in 1903 (randomly numbered), all being bound by Smith Elder. The dormant 490 quires were reissued... More
'The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation As We Know It'.
London: A Star Book, 1977. [Sherlock Holmes pastiche] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Paperback (22 x 14cm), pp.128. Publisher's photographic wraps. Numerous photographic illustrations. Inscribed to the half title page by John Cleese: "Todd | Very best wishes | J. Cleese". Internally fine. Wraps lightly rubbed with a few creases. Very good... More
ALS to Squire and Lady Bancroft signed by William Gillette and "Sherlock Holmes".
1902. Single sheet of plain paper dated February 11th, 1902. Hand written note to Squire Bancroft and Effie Wilton, Lady Bancroft, declining a luncheon invitation due to a previous commitment. Written when Gillette was performing 'Sherlock Holmes' at the Lyceum theatre which he had written in collaboration with Arthur Conan... More
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes.
London: John Murray, 1964. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.92. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine in pictorial dustjacket. Some light spotting to prelims and to the edges, dustwrapper is nice and bright with just some creasing along the top and bottom edges. Very good. More
Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes.
London: J. M. Dent, 1980. REVIEW COPY. Octavo, pp.xxii; [2]; 237; [3]. With publisher's compliments slip loose to prelims. In publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear; likely unread. Near fine. A prequel to Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries, in which Mycroft... More
The House of Silk.
London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 294. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red endpapers, typographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99. Spine ends slightly pushed. Dust-jacket a little rubbed to the top and bottom of the spine and to the corners. Very... More
Arthur Conan Doyle A Memoir.
London: John Murray, 1931. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY DENIS CONAN DOYLE. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 310; [4 of advertisements]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper board, photographic dust-jacket. Illustrated with nine plates. Inscribed and signed to the half title page by Denis, Arthur Conan Doyle's third... More
![The Blonde Lady: Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective. [SHERLOCK HOLMES]. Maurice LEBLANC, Alexander Teixeira trans DE MATTOS.](/pictures/thumb/44806.jpg?v=1493310956)
The Blonde Lady: Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective. [SHERLOCK HOLMES].
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., 1926. Later US Printing. Octavo. pp. 345. Containing two stories: 'The Blonde Lady', and 'The Jewish Lamp'. First published in English in 1910. UK title 'Arsène Lupin versus Holmlock Shears'. In publisher's green cloth with black titles to upper board and spine. With original... More
The Secret Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes.
London: Constable, 1992. [Sherlockiana]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.203; [5]. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Terry Pastor. The second collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches by the crime writer and erstwhile teacher, supposedly recovered from a battered tin dispatch-box deposited by Dr Watson... More
A Double-Barrelled Detective Story.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1902. [Sherlockian Parody] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[1 of publisher's advertisements]; [5]; 180; [36 of publisher's advertisements]. Publisher's dark blue ribbed cloth, titles and decoration in gilt to spine, in gilt and blind to upper board. Illustrated with seven plates by Hitchcock. Some... More