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DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir, contributor. Dreamland and Ghostland: An Original Collection of Tales and Warnings from the Borderland of Substance and Shadow. London: George Redway, [1887].
3 volumes, 8o. Original decorated red cloth, spines gilt-lettered (overall rubbing and some light dampstaining, text block detached in Volume I, other hinges cracked). Provenance: Captain W.H. Bixby (ink stamps on front free endpapers and title pages); Grosvenor Gallery Library (large bookplates on front covers).
FIRST EDITION, with 12-page publisher's advertisement at end of Volume III. The Doyle stories included in this volume are "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement," "The Great Kleinplatz Experiment," "Selecting a Ghost," "The Mystery of Sasassa Valley, "The Captain of the Pole-star," and "John Barrington Clowes." Together they comprise the FIRST APPEARANCE OF ANY DOYLE STORIES IN BOOK FORM in England. Green & Gibson C80; Queen p. 34; Sadleir 741. (3)
3 volumes, 8
FIRST EDITION, with 12-page publisher's advertisement at end of Volume III. The Doyle stories included in this volume are "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement," "The Great Kleinplatz Experiment," "Selecting a Ghost," "The Mystery of Sasassa Valley, "The Captain of the Pole-star," and "John Barrington Clowes." Together they comprise the FIRST APPEARANCE OF ANY DOYLE STORIES IN BOOK FORM in England. Green & Gibson C80; Queen p. 34; Sadleir 741. (3)