CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
“IT IS MY BUSINESS TO KNOW WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DON’T KNOW”: Finely bound FIRST EDITIONS OF THE ADVENTURES AND MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
London: George Newnes, 1892-1894.
$7,200.00
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Item Number: RRB-148123
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First editions of these classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full twentieth-century blue calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece in 'Memoirs', illustrated by Sidney Paget. First issues, 'Adventures' with “Violent” for “Violet” on p 317. Original light blue and dark blue cloth bound in at the end of each volume. In fine condition, bookplates to the front pastedowns. An exceptional presentation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
$7,200.00
Out of Stock






