first edition
1902 · London
by Doyle, Arthur Conan
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1902. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing; with "you" for "your" on page 13, line 3. [viii], 359 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth ornately blocked and titled in gilt and black. Illustrated. Near Fine with light lean to binding, spine faded and spine ends softened. Offsetting to endsheets, small crease to foot of half-title page gutter and hinge there slightly exposed, tissue guard at frontis is laid in. A very attractive copy of the Sherlock Holmes mystery. (Inventory #: 140946963)