English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

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CONAN DOYLE | Four first editions, 1894-1915

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December 10, 01:31 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN

Four first editions, comprising:


The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. George Newnes, 1894. 8vo, FIRST EDITION, illustrations by Sidney Paget, original blue cloth blocked in black and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, spotting, adhesive residue to endpaper hinges with some loss, bumped;


The Hound of the Baskervilles. George Newnes, 1902. 8vo, FIRST EDITION, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, original pictorial red cloth, upper cover with hound design stamped in gilt and black, bumped, spine sunned, slightly leaning;


The Return of Sherlock Holmes. George Newnes, 1905. 8vo, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 16 plain plates by Sidney Paget, 4pp. adverts at end, original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt, collector's morocco-backed folding box, minor spotting, slight soiling and fading to boards;


The Valley of Fear. Smith, Elder & Co., 1915. 8vo, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, frontispiece by Frank Wiles, 6pp. adverts at end, original red cloth, lettered in gilt, collectors morocco-backed folding box, very minor marking to boards, OTHERWISE A FINE COPY.


LITERATURE:

Green and Gibson A14; A26; A29; A39


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