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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Doyle, A. Conan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1893. This Holmes adventure made his first appearance in 1892; this is a Near Fine copy of the Copyright Edition from a year later and is the First Continental Edition [Grren & Gibson, p. 54]. Extremely. Two volumes bound together. Marbled paper-covered boards with a dark blue (almost black) cloth spine titled in gilt. Clean text, absolutely pristine. Page ends are speckled. Volume One (# 2896 of the "Collection of British Authors") has 272 pages. Volume Two [#2897] has 280 pages. Rubbed at the margins; else a Fine copy. An exceptional book for the Holmes completist.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, originally published as single stories in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The book was published in England on October 14 1892 by George Newnes Ltd and in a US Edition on October 15 by Harper. The initial combined print run was 14,500 copies.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006116
- Title
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- Doyle, A. Conan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Bernhard Tauchnitz
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Mysteries;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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