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“There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words": First Edition, First Issue of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles
CONAN DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes 1902.
First edition, first issue of the third Sherlock Holmes novel, and widely considered as the best of the series. Octavo, original black and gilt stamped pictorial red cloth, illustrated by Sidney Paget. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143782
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“IT IS MY BUSINESS TO KNOW WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DON’T KNOW”: FIRST EDITIONS OF THE ADVENTURES AND MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED LEVANT MOROOCO BY BAYTUN RIVIERE
CONAN DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes 1892-1894.
First editions in book form of these classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective, illustrated by Sidney Paget and handsomely bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Rivière. Quarto, two volumes, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun-Rivière with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles stamp-signed by Bayntun-Rivière, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated by Sidney Paget. First issues, Adventures with “Violent” for “Violet” on p 317. In fine condition. Provenance: Nellie Emma Bradford with her faded gift inscription to the half-title dated October 30, 1892. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 143811
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SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF THE COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES; ONE OF ONLY 147 EXAMPLES
DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN.
Complete Sherlock Holmes.
New York: Doubleday & Company 1953.
Signed limited edition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective, number 144 of only 147 examples. Octavo, two volumes, original half morocco, buckram sides, gilt titles to the spine, top edge blue, blue endpapers, original card slipcase with printed label. Signed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as issued. Introduction by John Dickson Carr. Preface by Christopher Morley. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 142986
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First edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Land of the Mist
DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN.
The Land of the Mist.
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd [1926].
First edition of the third novel in the author’s Professor Challenger series. Octavo, original publishers cloth. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 140202
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“Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed": First edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN.
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.
New York: George H. Doran Company 1927.
First American edition of this collection of the last 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Ownership inscription. In very good condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139725
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First edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Gerard
CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR.
The Adventures of Gerard.
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co 1903.
First edition of the second book of Conan Doyle’s Brigadier Gerard stories. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated by W. B. Wollen. In near fine condition. A very nice example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 137265
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FIRST EDITIONS OF THE ADVENTURES AND MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; with an autograph letter signed by Arthur Conan Doyle
DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, Limited 1892-1894.
First editions of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective, with an autographed letter. Octavo, original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue and dark blue cloth, illustrated by Sidney Paget, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. First issues, the first title with the street scene vignette with no text on the street sign and with “Violent” for “Violet” on p 317. With an autograph letter signed by Arthur Conan Doyle dates September 24th on his Windlesham letterhead which reads, “My dear Stilwell I am full of sympathy but it is simply implausible for me to fall into your Brownie scheme. I have a full winter before me. Then, if I get to America in April I should start off from Chicago and carry on in the West, as I have not touched that ground. Jim and Randall would make a strong combination. Rev Vale Owen comes and in January. I wonder if you could supplement him. There is responsibility experience and responsibility involved – and that’s the case. I told Lloyd George about you and he was interested in the Plan. All remembrance to Mrs. Stilwell. Yours A Conan Doyle.” The recipient, Arthur Edward Stilwell was the founder of the Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Gulf Railroad, predecessor to the Kansas City Southern Railway. He served as KCPG’s president from 1897 to 1900 and published many books after his retirement in 1912. He wrote novels, poetry and plays. He also wrote political works on world affairs and the monetary system. His writing attracted attention because in them he maintained that he had based many of his life and business decisions on the whispers of what he called brownies – nocturnal spiritual fairies that provided him with guidance. He notably claimed that his brownies had advised him not to make Galveston the Gulf terminus of his line, because that city was destined to be destroyed by a tidal wave — which it would be in 1900; he placed the terminus at a different location, which he founded and named for himself, Port Arthur. Arthur Conan Doyle and other authorities on the supernatural considered Stilwell to have the greatest psychic experiences known to man, according to a June 15, 1922, New York Times article about Stilwell’s gift. In very good condition, reinforced. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 133571