Oct 10, 2019 - Sale 2519

Sale 2519 - Lot 266

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes * The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Together, 2 volumes. Half-titles and numerous illustrations by Sidney Paget. Final blank leaf in first title, frontispiece in second. Large 8vo, original light and dark blue cloth, respectively, beveled boards, all edges gilt, cocked, shaken, first title with covers soiled, rubbing to extremities, abrasion to rear board, second with spine tips rubbed slightly, corners bumped, stain on rear board; hinges cracked, rear free endpaper loose in first volume, scattered light to moderate foxing. London: George Newnes, 1892; 1894

Additional Details

first editions, first issues, the first title with the street sign blank on the front cover, and first state uncorrected text with "cucaine" for "cocaine" on page 133, and the misprint Miss "Violent" Hunter on page 317. De Waal 529; 596; Green and Gibson, A10a; A14a. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstones.