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CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: The Gresham Press for George Newnes, 1892. 8° (234 x 160mm). 104 illustrations after Sidney Paget [Green and Gibson count]. (Occasional light spotting or fingermarking.) Original pictorial light blue cloth gilt, grey floral endpapers, gilt edges (slightly shaken, hinges split, extremities lightly rubbed, light marking). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, with the earlier endpapers, the blank street sign on the cover, and the misprint Miss 'Violent' Hunter for 'Violet' on p.317, line 23. Green and Gibson A10a; Sadleir 739.
DOYLE, Arthur. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1894. 8° (233 x 160mm). Frontispiece and 90 illustrations after Sidney Paget [Green and Gibson count]. (Occasional light spotting and marking.) Original pictorial dark blue cloth gilt, gilt edges, orange 'peacock-feather' pattern endpapers (slightly shaken, hinges split, extremities lightly rubbed, spine darkened). Provenance: Archibald Philip Primrose, fifth Earl of Rosebery, 10 Downing Street (1847-1929, Prime Minister 1894-1895, bookplate on upper pastedown and pencilled notes below final paragraph '[?read] again March 1895 again Feb. 18 1901')--Leroy Arthur Sugarman (gilt morocco booklabel on upper pastedown)--Franz and Marie Harpner (bookplate on lower pastedown). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, THE ROSEBERY COPY. Green and Gibson A14a; Sadleir 746.
Both volumes contained in a gilt half morocco box (extremities of box rubbed). (2)
DOYLE, Arthur. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1894. 8° (233 x 160mm). Frontispiece and 90 illustrations after Sidney Paget [Green and Gibson count]. (Occasional light spotting and marking.) Original pictorial dark blue cloth gilt, gilt edges, orange 'peacock-feather' pattern endpapers (slightly shaken, hinges split, extremities lightly rubbed, spine darkened). Provenance: Archibald Philip Primrose, fifth Earl of Rosebery, 10 Downing Street (1847-1929, Prime Minister 1894-1895, bookplate on upper pastedown and pencilled notes below final paragraph '[?read] again March 1895 again Feb. 18 1901')--Leroy Arthur Sugarman (gilt morocco booklabel on upper pastedown)--Franz and Marie Harpner (bookplate on lower pastedown). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, THE ROSEBERY COPY. Green and Gibson A14a; Sadleir 746.
Both volumes contained in a gilt half morocco box (extremities of box rubbed). (2)
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