Arthur Conan Doyle | The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes, 1927, dust-jacket

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes. London: John Murray, 1927

FIRST EDITION, Colonial Issue, 8vo, with 12-page "Murray's Imperial Library" catalogue inserted at rear, original light grey cloth stamped in blue on spine and upper cover with author, title and "Murray's Imperial Library" within frame, DUST-JACKET, spotting, dust-jacket frayed with loss and repairs at spine and edges 

THE FINAL COLLECTION OF HOLMES STORIES, IN THE RARE DUST-JACKET. The colonial issue was issued on the same day as the English edition, 16 June 1927, in a smaller run of 5000 copies.

LITERATURE

Green and Gibson A46b; Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone

PROVENANCE

Dymock's Book Arcade, Sydney (bookseller's label); "W.H.R Hoeben, 1927", (ownership inscription); The Alexis Galanos Collection