DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN The Sign of Four

Sale 2366 - Lot 88

Price Realized: $ 938

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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN. The Sign of Four. Frontispiece by Charles Kerr. 8vo, original maroon cloth stamped in gilt and black, cocked, few small waterstains, spine darkened and tips rubbed slightly with one short split at head; rear hinge cracked with spine coming loose from textblock, unobtrusive booksellers label, penciled ownership signature. London: Spencer Blackett, 1890

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first english edition, second issue with variant imprint on spine ("Griffith Farran & Cos"), numeral 138 printed as 13 on contents page, and misprint on p. 56. This copy without the advertisements, for which there is no assigned precedence. The second Sherlock Holmes book. De Waal 279; Green and Gibson A7a.i.