DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Firm of Girdlestone. A Romance of the Unromantic. London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. 8°. 32-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end dated January 1890 (piece cut away from upper margin of title, some light mainly marginal staining). Original maroon decorated cloth, spine lettered in gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. Green & Gibson A6(a): "It is of interest for its description of life at Edinburgh University, for certain details of autobiographical interest, and for a graphic account of a football match played under the early rules." With 7 other books by the same author including The Great Shadow (Bristol, [1892]), A Duet with an Occasional Chorus (London, 1899), The Poison Belt (London, 1913) and His Last Bow (London, 1917), all FIRST EDITIONS in original cloth. (8)
DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Firm of Girdlestone. A Romance of the Unromantic. London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. 8°. 32-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end dated January 1890 (piece cut away from upper margin of title, some light mainly marginal staining). Original maroon decorated cloth, spine lettered in gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. Green & Gibson A6(a): "It is of interest for its description of life at Edinburgh University, for certain details of autobiographical interest, and for a graphic account of a football match played under the early rules." With 7 other books by the same author including The Great Shadow (Bristol, [1892]), A Duet with an Occasional Chorus (London, 1899), The Poison Belt (London, 1913) and His Last Bow (London, 1917), all FIRST EDITIONS in original cloth. (8)
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