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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 EDITIONS OF THE ADVENTURES AND MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

  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. Octavo, original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue and dark blue cloth, 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. In near fine condition, small name. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior set, with no cracking to the hinges as is typically seen.

  Price: $12,500.00     Item Number: 120890

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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 note signed by Arthur Conan Doyle dated June 29th on Adriatic letterhead which reads, "My dear Stilwell I wrote before I left but I fear I misaddressed. I wish I could have seen…

  Price: $11,000.00     Item Number: 133571

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  “IT IS MY BUSINESS TO KNOW WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DON’T KNOW”: Finely bound FIRST EDITIONS OF THE ADVENTURES AND MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

  CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur.

  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

  London: George Newnes, 1892-1894.

  First editions of these classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full twentieth-century blue calf 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, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece in 'Memoirs', illustrated by Sidney Paget. First issues, 'Adventures' with “Violent” for “Violet” on p 317. Original light blue and dark blue cloth bound in at the end of each volume. In fine condition, bookplates to the front pastedowns. An exceptional presentation.

  Price: $7,200.00     Item Number: 148123

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