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Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892-94
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The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, with ALS
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892-94
DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) and PAGET, Sidney, illustrator (1860-1908). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892. [With:] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1894.
First editions in book form, finely bound by Bayntun, with an ALS from the author tipped in. Memoirs ends with "The Final Problem," in which Doyle killed off his celebrated detective in an epic struggle with Moriarty, his arch enemy, at Reichenbach Falls. His readers, however, encouraged him to write The Hound of the Baskervilles, set before "The Final Problem," and a year later Doyle resurrected him entirely for The Return of Sherlock Holmes. In Doyle's letter, he arranges to sign books. The present copy of The Adventures has "Violent" for "Violet" on page 317. Green & Gibson A10, A14.
Two volumes, quarto. Half-titles, illustrations by Paget throughout. Bright red calf by Bayntun, spines tooled in compartments with olive and teal labels, double-ruled borders on covers, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt (spines lightly faded, covers bowing slightly, original cloth covers and spines bound in). Provenance: faded inscription to half title of first volume – Robert Wetherill, Jr. (bookplates). [Together with:] Autograph letter signed, “A. Conan Doyle,” to Mr Harmsworth, n.d., Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere. One page, on his Undershaw stationery, tipped in to Adventures. Here Doyle relays that he will be passing by Berkeley Square the next day and requests that the books are ready so that he may sign them there.
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892-94
DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) and PAGET, Sidney, illustrator (1860-1908). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892. [With:] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1894.
First editions in book form, finely bound by Bayntun, with an ALS from the author tipped in. Memoirs ends with "The Final Problem," in which Doyle killed off his celebrated detective in an epic struggle with Moriarty, his arch enemy, at Reichenbach Falls. His readers, however, encouraged him to write The Hound of the Baskervilles, set before "The Final Problem," and a year later Doyle resurrected him entirely for The Return of Sherlock Holmes. In Doyle's letter, he arranges to sign books. The present copy of The Adventures has "Violent" for "Violet" on page 317. Green & Gibson A10, A14.
Two volumes, quarto. Half-titles, illustrations by Paget throughout. Bright red calf by Bayntun, spines tooled in compartments with olive and teal labels, double-ruled borders on covers, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt (spines lightly faded, covers bowing slightly, original cloth covers and spines bound in). Provenance: faded inscription to half title of first volume – Robert Wetherill, Jr. (bookplates). [Together with:] Autograph letter signed, “A. Conan Doyle,” to Mr Harmsworth, n.d., Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere. One page, on his Undershaw stationery, tipped in to Adventures. Here Doyle relays that he will be passing by Berkeley Square the next day and requests that the books are ready so that he may sign them there.
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