A Study in Scarlet by Doyle, Arthur Conan - 1892

London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co.,, 1892. Third Edition. Quarter Red Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Hutchinson, George. vii, 224, 24 (ads) 1892. The fourth impression of the third edition - the first illustrated edition and the seventh impression over all (the sixth in stand-alone book form). Original publisher's quarter red cloth over beige cloth boards with embossed red titles to the beige boards and gilt embossed to the spine. Upper edge gilt (still very bright). Floral endpapers. Frontispiece by George Hutchinson and 44 other illustrations by George Hutchinson. The text block remains very largely clean and fresh looking. Some uniform toning/fading to the cloth spine. Light or slight rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. A little dust soiling to the cloth boards. Light splitting to the rear inner hinge ever so slightly exposing some webbing - the rear board remains very firmly attached. A very good well preserved copy of this early edition of the Sherlock Holmes classic.