The Hound of the Baskervilles. by DOYLE, Arthur Conan - 1902

London: George Newnes, Limited,, 1902. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles and Art Nouveau decoration to spine after a design by Alfred Garth Jones, enlarged on front board incorporating silhouette of hound stamped in black. Frontispiece and 15 plates after Sidney Paget. Corners and ends of spine lightly bumped, spine very slightly toned, occasional spotting to pages mostly to prelims, ownership embossed stamp to front endpaper, ownership signature in pencil to front endpaper. A very good copy. First edition in book form, first impression. The Hound was Sherlock Holmes "comeback" novel after his shocking demise on the Reichenbach Falls stunned his loyal Victorian readership. When first serialised in the Strand Magazine in 1901 it was an "unprecedented success", with queues at the publisher's office and throughout the country.