DOYLE, Sir ARTHUR CONAN. The Sign of Four. London: Spencer Blackett, 1890. 8vo, original dark red cloth, stamped and lettered in black and gilt, front cover dampstained, front lower fore-corner worn, shaken with a gathering loose; red cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, variant with 32-page publisher's catalogue for October 1890 at end, and with the dropped "8" (in "138") on Contents page. Greene & Gibson A7a. A scarce book.

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DOYLE, Sir ARTHUR CONAN. The Sign of Four. London: Spencer Blackett, 1890. 8vo, original dark red cloth, stamped and lettered in black and gilt, front cover dampstained, front lower fore-corner worn, shaken with a gathering loose; red cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, variant with 32-page publisher's catalogue for October 1890 at end, and with the dropped "8" (in "138") on Contents page. Greene & Gibson A7a. A scarce book.

來源

Maurice des Gray, inscription on front free endpaper (dated Dec., 1890).