The Sign of the Four
by Doyle, A. Conan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1895. The second Holmes story, first published in England in 1890 and a year later in America by P.F. Collier. This is a Very Good copy of an early pirate edition. Not common. There is no publication date, but circa 1894-95 would not be unwarranted. Brown cloth binding, with titling in gilt on the spine.Clean text; 192 pages; top edge is gilt. Typically for an American pirate, the binding is more than adequate, but the text is printed on poor-quality acidic paper and is toned. Still, it remains quite clear and readable.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006704
- Title
- The Sign of the Four
- Author
- Doyle, A. Conan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
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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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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...