Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397

Sale 2397 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Half-title and numerous illustrations by Sidney Paget; with the final blank leaf present. Large 8vo, original light blue cloth, bevelled boards, all edges gilt, spine discolored but gilt bright, light fingersoiling, minor rubbing to extremities; ownership signature to half-title, rear hinge tender, contents free from foxing; custom chemise and 1/4 morocco slipcase (LMS booklabel). London: George Newnes, 1892

Additional Details

first edition, first issue in the original binding with the street sign blank on the front cover, "cucaine" for "cocaine" on page 133, and the misprint Miss "Violent" Hunter on page 317. De Waal 529; Green and Gibson A10a; Haycraft Queen Cornerstone.