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Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1894. First edition. Very good....
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Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1894. First edition. Very good.More Information:
First edition. Large octavo. 279 pages. Frontispiece and numerous textual illustrations by Sidney Paget.
Publisher's dark blue illustrated cloth over beveled boards with gilt and black lettering to front board and spine. All edges gilt. Floral endpapers. Moderate shelf wear to the boards with mildly rubbed corners and spine ends. Both hinges cracked but still strong. Internal contents clean with only minimal scattered foxing. A very good copy.
Contains eleven stories featuring the world's first consulting detective and his faithful Watson, including Holmes's "demise" at the Reichenbach Falls in "The Final Problem."
Green and Gibson, A14a.
Auction Info
2009 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #6030 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2009
16th-17th
Friday-Saturday
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