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Heritage Press, 1950. HARDCOVER. G- / NONE. 8x6x2. GOOD-MINUS HARDBACK. EX-LIBRARY WITH TYPICAL MARKINGS. HEAVILY WORN BUT SOLID SINGLE VOLUME EDITION. WITH "VR" ON COVER IN 4 PLACES AS IF MADE UP OF BULLET HOLES
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan; Smith, Edgar W. (editor) - 1981
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan; Smith, Edgar W. (editor)
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THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan; Smith, Edgar W. (editor)
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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1981. Full leather. Near Fine. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1981. 9 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xxvi, 764.
This Easton Press Limited edition is bound in black-color, genuine leather with elegant 22-karat gold accents. Gilt lettering on classic hubbed spines of two raised bands dividing three panels. All edges gilt to protect against dust and moisture. Rich light brown-colored moire endpapers, and sewn-in silk ribbon book mark. Pages are thread-sewn for strength and durability, have long-lasting, acid-neutral, archival quality paper, and a handsome, readable typeface.
Some light scuffing on gilt on all edges. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.
"A definive text, corrected and edited by Edgar W. Smith, with an Introduction by Vincet Starrett, and illustrated with a selective colation of the original illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and others." Contains A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of the Four; the twelve adventures originally published as "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"; the twelve adventures originally published as "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes".
Published as a volume in The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.
This Easton Press Limited edition is bound in black-color, genuine leather with elegant 22-karat gold accents. Gilt lettering on classic hubbed spines of two raised bands dividing three panels. All edges gilt to protect against dust and moisture. Rich light brown-colored moire endpapers, and sewn-in silk ribbon book mark. Pages are thread-sewn for strength and durability, have long-lasting, acid-neutral, archival quality paper, and a handsome, readable typeface.
Some light scuffing on gilt on all edges. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.
"A definive text, corrected and edited by Edgar W. Smith, with an Introduction by Vincet Starrett, and illustrated with a selective colation of the original illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and others." Contains A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of the Four; the twelve adventures originally published as "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"; the twelve adventures originally published as "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes".
Published as a volume in The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.
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- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
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- Publisher The Easton Press
- Place of Publication Norwalk, CT
- Date Published 1981
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Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes: a Definitive Text/The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan; Smith, Edgar W. (Corrected; Edited); Starrett, Vincent (Introduction)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Definitive Text
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan; Edgar W. Smith (editor), Vincent Starrett (intro.)
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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1981. Book. Illus. by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget. Fine. Full-Leather. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full black leather, lettered/decorated in gilt, 3 raised spine bands, edged in gilt with silk book ribbon bound in, moire endpapers. 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition. Just a hint of rubbing along text block fore-edge, essentially as issued. xxiv,764 pp..
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THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; THE LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; THE FINAL ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. (Eight Volume Set)
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan; Edgar W. Smith (editor); Vincent Starrett (introduction); Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and Others (illustrations)
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. First edition thus. Three titles in eight volumes. Limited edition #668 of 1500 copies. Octavo. Eight volumes: continuous pagination 1777pp. Quarter black cloth with decorated paper covered boards and mounted embossed portrait. Gilt titles. In three slipcases. Light spotting to spines (silverfish). Slipcases worn on edges and corners, title labels worn. Newsletter and inserts present. No extra for domestic media mail, but priority and overseas shipping will be more.
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