"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
— Oscar Wilde
Sherlock Holmes Stories
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. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf. Moderate..... 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.
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
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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 Speckled Band [An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes].
London: Samuel French, 1912 [actually 1923]. [Crime drama] FIRST EDITION. Third of four issues [impressions]; textually the same, but with slight differences concerning wrapper styles and imprints. This issue with French's address on the upper cover showing as '25 West 45th Street' and word 'Publisher' [singular], p.126 lists twenty-three plays..... More
A Study In Scarlet and A Case of Identity.
Chicago, MI: Rand, McNally & Company, no date [circa 1901]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.232. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and blind decoration to spine and upper. Top edge gilt. Black ink gift inscription to front pastedown, dated 1901. fly-leaf roughly removed. Library borrowing slip..... 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: E.A. Weeks and Company, no date [circa 1900s]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.232. With A Case of Identity printed at the rear. Publisher's green cloth blocked to resemble a half morocco binding with gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt. Cheap paper stock a...... 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: E.A. Weeks & Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (16 x 12cm), pp.201 [3]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Library stamp and black ink ownerships to fly-leaf, with some ink library numbers to front pastedown and rear..... 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 & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 176 [12]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black and green decoration to spine and upper. Bookseller's label very roughly removed from front pastedown. Extremely heavily browned and..... 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. American Series of Famous Fiction, Edited by Dr. Jno. Rudd, B.A.
Deposit, NY: The A.S. Wickwire Press, no date [circa 1912]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 175 [3]. Publisher's green leather-grained half cloth with gilt titles to spine and Papier Tourniquet over boards. Grey patterned endpapers. Black ink gift inscription to first blank, dated 1912. Damp mark..... More
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A Study In Scarlet. [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 cream cloth with gilt titles to spine and black decoration to spine and upper. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf. Extremely browned and brittle throughout. Title page nearly detached, with chipping..... More