Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Teresa Press, 1985. [Sherlockiana] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.90. No.226 of 350 copies signed by the author. Publisher's brown cloth titled in gilt in printed yellow dust-wrapper. Very light and minor spotting to edges of textblock, spotting and sunning to jacket spine. Near..... More

Sauk City, AK: Mycroft and Moran, 1973. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.x; 237; [5]. Publishers black cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper by Frank Utpatel priced $6.00. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket is fresh and bright. A fine copy, virtually as new. 4000 copies printed. The final collection of..... More

London: George Newnes, January to June, and July to December 1911. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Two volumes. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] iv; 750 [2]; pp.iv; 800. With many photogravure illustrations and wood engravings. Publisher's cyan cloth with black titles and decoration to spines and upper, picked out in gilt..... More

London: City of Westminster Libraries, Sherlock Holmes Collection, 1987. [Literary Poster / advertising] FACSIMILE POSTER CARDS SET. Four colour reproductions of originals held in the Marylebone Library Sherlock Holmes Collection. On card, each measures 30 x 21cm. Fine, as-new, in the original stiff card envelope. Ideal for framing. Westminster Libraries..... More

New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 8th July 1893. [Detective story] FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE of this adventure, illustrated by W.H. Hyde, which was later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. Single newspaper issue in pictorial wraps (41 x 29cm). Subscriber ticket to front cover. Disbound or extracted from a...... More

London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1908. [Mystery tales] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 372 [4]. With a halftone frontispiece by Andre Castaigne. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to upper board and spine, gilt illustration to upper. Advertisements to rear. Contents clean with just a few small..... More

London: George Newnes Ltd., 1892 and 1894. [Detective short stories] FIRST EDITIONS, first issues. Two volumes. Quarto (24 x 17 x 8cm), pp.[4] 317 [3]; pp.[8] 279 [1]. 'Adventures' features the misprint 'Violent Hunter' for 'Violet Hunter' p.317, l.23, and shows no street name on the sign on the front..... More

London: George Newnes Ltd., 1905. [Detective short stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 403 [5]. With 16 black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Paget. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Fly-leaf cancelled, with some netting exposed to upper hinge..... More

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1915. [Sherlock Holmes] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 306 [6]. With a black and white frontispiece illustrated by Wiles. In a secondary or private contemporary binding of mid green cloth decoratively blocked in black, with green endpapers. A little spotting to..... More

London: George Newnes Ltd., July 1921. [Detective mystery reference / early cinema] This issue contains the FIRST APPEARANCE of 'Sherlock Holmes on the Film' Original issue magazine format, approx. 9.5 x 6.5 inches with pictorial covers, illustrated throughout. A crisp clean copy with two chips to spine ends. Near fine..... More

New York, August 12, 1893. [Detective story] FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE of this adventure, illustrated by W.H. Hyde, which was later collected in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'. Single newspaper issue in pictorial wraps (41 x 29cm). Disbound or extracted from a bound volume, with associated wear to the spine fold..... More

London: George Newnes, 1894. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.[6]; 279; [1]. Publisher's dark blue pictorial cloth, printed in black and gilt, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. Contents lightly foxed, neat and small ownership stamp to front endpaper, near paper pull to same, usual wear to..... More

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