DOYLE, Arthur Conan.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [with] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

Stock Code 113703

London, George Newnes, 1892; 1894.

£7,500.00 - £7,500.00

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£7,500.00

£7,500.00 - £7,500.00

£7,500.00

Produced in significant numbers at the time but heavy and heavily read through the years, copies do not survive often in anything approaching the condition of the present set, with the gilding bright and fully legible. A superior set of the definitive volumes of Holmseian short stories.

First editions; 2 vols, large 8vo (175 x 145 mm); illustrated throughout in black & white by Sidney Paget, scattered light foxing, hinges cracked but holding (as often), light offsetting to front free endpaper of first title; publisher's light blue and dark blue cloth gilt respectively, first title in first issue state with blank street sign to vignette of upper board, spine of second title gently cocked, light rubbing to extremities, gilt spines very slightly dulled, all edges gilt, floral endpapers; an attractive set.

Green & Gibson A10a; A14a.

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