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DOYLE (ARTHUR CONAN)The Hound of the Baskervilles, FIRST EDITION, first issue with "you" for "your" on p. 13, half-title, frontispiece and 14 plates (of 15, a few re-inserted) after Sidney Paget endpapers slightly stained with red off-set from binding, an autograph letter by Doyle's secretary (signed as if by Doyle) bound in, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, joints and spine ends frayed [Green and Gibson A26a], 8vo, George Newnes, 1902FootnotesTipped inside the upper cover is a secretarial letter signed from Doyle to Mr. A. Robson in Galashiels, stating that he has no plans to visit "Galashiels again before June. From the voting I don't think there will be a general election for two years", on Hindhead, Haslemere headed paper, in the original envelope, dated 18 January 1902. Conan Doyle was to stand, unsuccessfully, as the Liberal Unionist candidate for the parliamentary seat of Hawick Burgh (including the town of Galashiels) in 1906.Additional informationAuction informationBuyers Premium and ChargesFor all Sales categories, buyer's premium excluding Cars, Motorbikes, Wine, Whisky and Coin & Medal sales, will be as follows:Buyer's Premium Rates
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