The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
London: George Newnes, 1892 & 1894. First Editions, First Issues. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892, with no street name on the front cover and "Violent" for "Violet" on page 317 and “cucaine" for "cocaine" on page 133. Large octavo (9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches). With 104 illustrations by Sidney Paget throughout. Original light blue cloth over beveled boards. Front cover and spine blocked and lettered in gilt and black. All edges gilt. Decorative floral endpapers. Hinge barely starting at pages 128 / 129. With some minor dust soiling and slight rubbing to the cloth and some edge wear, a 1/8” tear to the top of the spine, a bit of light foxing to a few preliminary and final pages, else a very good plus copy with just a hint of handling. With The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes illustrated by Sidney Paget, 1894. First edition. Large octavo (6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches). With ninety illustrations in the text (including frontispiece). Original dark blue cloth over beveled boards. Front cover and spine blocked and lettered in gilt and black. All edges gilt. Decorative floral patterned endpapers. Gilt on spine slightly rubbed and with a hint of edge wear. Some very mild foxing to preliminaries, else a near fine sound copy. Both volumes are enclosed in a custom blue cloth clamshell box with a gilt-stamped leather label to the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22769E
- Title
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Newnes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892 & 1894
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About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2005
Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Spine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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