DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir. The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes . London: George Newnes, 1902.
DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir. The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes . London: George Newnes, 1902. 8 o . Frontispiece illustration and 15 plates by Sidney Paget Original pictorial red cloth gilt by Alfred Garth Jones showing the moonlit silhouette of a hound (slightest rubbing at extremities, generally fresh and bright); slipcase. FIRST EDITION in book form, with misprint "you" for "your" on page 13; laid-in is John Murray's 8-page advertising insert "Conan Doyle. Teller of Tales." The Hound of the Baskervilles was the first encore performance of Sherlock Holmes since his disappearance over Reichenbach Falls in "The Final Problem" of 1893. This literary return was described by Doyle as the "inevitable relapse after repentance." De Waal 87; Green & Gibson A26; Locke 52.
DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir. The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes . London: George Newnes, 1902.
DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir. The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes . London: George Newnes, 1902. 8 o . Frontispiece illustration and 15 plates by Sidney Paget Original pictorial red cloth gilt by Alfred Garth Jones showing the moonlit silhouette of a hound (slightest rubbing at extremities, generally fresh and bright); slipcase. FIRST EDITION in book form, with misprint "you" for "your" on page 13; laid-in is John Murray's 8-page advertising insert "Conan Doyle. Teller of Tales." The Hound of the Baskervilles was the first encore performance of Sherlock Holmes since his disappearance over Reichenbach Falls in "The Final Problem" of 1893. This literary return was described by Doyle as the "inevitable relapse after repentance." De Waal 87; Green & Gibson A26; Locke 52.
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