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8vo., First Edition,with illustrations in the text; attractively bound in full blue buckram, upper board with printed paper label, a near fine copy. FIRST APPEARANCE OF HOLMES IN THE STRAND AND THE APPARENT DEATH OF HOLMES. Original serial publication from The Strand Magazine, Vol. VI, December 1893, complete with Paget's iconic illustrations, although sadly his immortal image of Holmes and Moriarty at Reichenbach does not appear here; it was first published as frontispiece to the 'Memoirs'. Chronologically the last of the second series of twelve Homes short stories, but the eleventh when the tales were collected as the 'Memoirs' (1894 [1893]) due to the omission of 'The Cardboard Box' at Doyle's request. De Waal 68; Green & Gibson A14.xi.
8vo., First Edition,with illustrations in the text; attractively bound in full blue buckram, upper board with printed paper label, a near fine copy. FIRST APPEARANCE OF HOLMES IN THE STRAND. Original serial publication from The Strand Magazine, Vol. V, January 1893, complete with Paget's iconic illustrations. Chronologically the second of the second series of twelve Holmes short stories later collected as the 'Memoirs' (1894 [1893]), it was omitted (apparently at Doyle's request) from the first and several subsequent editions due possibly to its theme of adultery; it was not published in book form until 'His Last Bow' (1917). Notably, when the tale was omitted from the 'Memoirs', Doyle transferred Holmes' famous thought-reading episode to the beginning of 'The Resident Patient'. Only one of Paget's illustrations is included in the book version. De Waal 33; see Green & Gibson pp.74-76.
8vo., with 8 plates by F.H. Townsend; original red cloth, gilt back, joints lightly rubbed, small pull at headband, lower half of backstrip and lower board moderately age-marked else a good, firm copy. With publisher's advertisements at rear. First published by Blackett in 1890. The marked cover notwithstanding, a bright, clean copy internally. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS OF THIS CLASSIC HOLMES NOVEL ARE VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition,with illustrations in the text; attractively bound in full blue buckram, upper board with printed paper label, a near fine copy. FIRST APPEARANCE OF HOLMES IN THE STRAND. Original serial publication from The Strand Magazine, Vol. III, February 1892; complete with Paget's iconic illustrations. First published in book form as the eighth of the collected 'Adventures' (1892). De Waal 379; Green & Gibson p.57.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original publisher's binding of pictorial blue cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt and black, red sprinkled edges, primrose endpapers, expertly recased, backstrips faded (but all gilt wholly legible), else a good, clean set. First appearance of twelve short stories of 'the grotesque and the terrible', comprising: The Story of the Beetle Hunter; The Story of the Man with the Watches; The Story of the Lost Special; The Story of the Sealed Room; The Story of the Black Doctor; The Story of the Club-Footed Grocer; The Story of the Brazilian Cat; The Story of the Japanned Box; The Story of the Jew's Breast-Plate; The Story of B.24; The Story of the Latin Tutor; The Story of the Brown Hand. The tales were collected and published (together with five later stories) as Round the Fire Stories in 1908. VERY SCARCE. Green & Gibson, p.151-152.
8vo., with a frontispiece(original tissue guard present) and 7 plates by Paget; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back gilt with raised bands, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Contains the twelve immortal tales that make up the first Holmes collection: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips, The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Blue Carbuncle, The Speckled Band, The Engineer's Thumb, The Noble Bachelor, The Beryl Coronet and The Copper Beeches. This collection is complete in itself. A lovely copy of an early US printing.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations in the text, the half-title, title and first 8 leaves of Vol. III present in photofacsimile (not affecting Holmes), some light and occasional age-spotting to text; original publisher's binding of pictorial blue cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt and black, expertly recased with hand-made endpapers, backstrips faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a good, clean, firm set. FIRST APPEARANCE OF 'THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES'. The twelve immortal tales comprise: A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red-Headed League; A Case of Identity; The Boscombe Valley Mystery; The Five Orange Pips; The Man with the Twisted Lip; The Blue Carbuncle; The Speckled Band; The Engineer's Thumb; The Noble Bachelor; The Beryl Coronet; The Copper Beeches. The Adventures first appeared in book form in October 1892. SCARCE. Green & Gibson, p.54-60.
8vo., with frontispiece; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of an early reissue of the immortal first twelve short stories, first published in book form in 1892. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 39 full-page illustrations in the text, some faint and occasional age-staining; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, uncut, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 6pp of publisher's advertisements bound in at end.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations in the text, some light and occasional age-spotting to text; original publisher's binding of pictorial blue cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt and black, expertly recased with hand-made endpapers, backstrips mildly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, bright, clean, firm set. FIRST APPEARANCE OF 'THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES'. The twelve immortal tales comprise: Silver Blaze; The Cardboard Box; The Yellow Face; The Stockbroker's Clerk; The Gloria Scott; The Musgrave Ritual; The Reigate Squires; The Crooked Man; The Resident Patient; The Greek Interpreter; The Naval Treaty; The Final Problem. The Memoirs were collected in book form in December 1893, excepting 'The Cardboard Box' which was not so published until 'His Last Bow' in 1917. Several of Paget's iconic illustrations were omitted from the book version, and those for 'The Cardboard Box' were never reprinted. SCARCE. Green & Gibson, p.73-75.