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A. Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes....
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Description
A. Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892.8vo. Half-title; illustrations by Sidney Paget. Publisher's light blue cloth stamped in gilt and black.
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE with the misprint Miss "Violent" Hunter for "Violet" in the final sentence of "The Copper Beeches" (p. 317).
Condition: Edgewear to binding with spine ends pushed; light staining to cloth; both hinges cracked but holding; pale spotting to text throughout; contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper recto.
References: De Waal 520; Green & Gibson A10; a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone; Queen's Quorum 16 ("one of the world's masterworks").
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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