The Sign of Four
London: George Newnes, 1892. 2nd. hardcover. Second edition, as stated on the copyright page. Book very good, bookplate attached to front paste-down, tight binding. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
London: George Newnes, 1892. 2nd. hardcover. Second edition, as stated on the copyright page. Book very good, bookplate attached to front paste-down, tight binding. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
Strand Magazine, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Quite possible the only surviving copy of the rare HARDCOVER edition of this historic publication, and possibly, of any single issue of the Strand Magazine containing a Sherlock Holmes story. It is the December, 1892 issue of the Strand Magazine, which contained the Sherlock.....
Strand, 1891. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The first appearance of this classic Sherlock Holmes story, in the original unbound issue of Strand Magazine, November, 1891, before the story was reprinted in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The bound volumes of 6 months of Strand Magazines are common, but these original.....
George Newnes, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. London: George Newnes, 1892 & 1894, 1894. 2 volumes, octavo. Original dark and light blue cloth, pictorial decoration to spine and boards gilt. In a custom cloth slipcase. The Adventures and the Memoirs both have very light wear. A far above average, relatively bright.....
Strand Magazine, Newnes, 1891. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The true first appearance of this classic Sherlock Holmes story in the original issue of the Strand Magazine, from October, 1891. Very good in wrappers, spine in tact, remarkably well preserved for this fragile, ancient artifact of the most famous fictional character.....
Strand Magazine, Newnes, 1891. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The original magazine issue of the Strand containing the first appearance of the Sherlock Holmes story, A Case of Identify. In unusually very good condition for this fragile item.
London: Strand, 1891. First appearance. soft cover. A very good original issue of the Strand Magazine, September, 1891, in wrappers, with front cover detached but complete and present. Held in place by mylar cover, and could be easily reattached with archival tape.
George Newnes, Limited, 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good in original red cloth covered boards with gilt detailing on the front cover and spine. First U.K. edition with the first issue point on page 13, line 3 "you for "your". Some sun fading along the spine; rubbing along edges and.....
Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First US Edition, First Printing. 1912 stated on copyright page. Dust jacket has $1.25 net price printed on spine. Book near fine, previous owner's name written on front paste-down and half-title page; front free end paper missing; small bookstore sticker at bottom of.....
Newnes, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine first printing of this classic collection, housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case. Cloth is clean and bright. Bookplate on front free endpaper stating that this was a prize for a pupil from the School Board for London in 1894. Front and rear.....
George Newnes, Limited, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.3 x 5 inches). MCMV (1905) stated on title page. Illustrated with sixteen mono plates by Sidney Paget. In original cloth. Previous owner's writing on front free end paper: newspaper clip of Holmes' sitting room attached to front free end.....
George Newnes, 1904. softcover. The story "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" was published in April 1904 in the Strand Magazine, p. 373. Condition is very good, a piece missing at bottom of spine, some pieces folded over on spine. Comes in custom-made cloth covered slipcase.
Spencer, Blackett, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue, with Spencer Blackett on the bottom of the spine. Very good in original cloth covers. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
Random House, U.K., 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The Sign of Four:The Sherlock Holmes Collected Edition with an Introduction by Graham Greene. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First U.K. edition as indicated by the copyright date of 1996 stated on the copyright page, with no mention of further printings. Original.....
Strand Magazine, Newnes, 1908. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The rare first appearance of this Sherlock Holmes story. Later collected in His Last Bow. Out of the entire collection of Holmes stories by Doyle, this is the only story in which a police inspector (specifically, Inspector Baynes) is as competent as.....
London George Newnes. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First edition, first impression (with no name on the street sign in The Strand Library device on front cover and the misprint "Violent Hunter" for "Violet Hunter" on page 317). Large octavo (9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 235 x 162 mm). [4].....