The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Souvenir edition) 1895 By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
SHOLM10/10:
SOUVENIR FIRST EDITION of Conan Doyle’s first collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, with illustrations by Sidney Paget.
London: George Newnes, Ltd: Book condition: in Good condition with original blue cloth gilt-titled case. Some marks and rubbed cover. Rubbed spine with tear down one side and gilt print. Int: With publisher's catalogue bound in at end, Some slight foxing on pages otherwise Very clean.
Beginning with “The Adventure of a Scandal in Bohemia” , the twelve-story collection includes such classics as "The Red Headed League", "The Man with the twisted lip", and "The Speckled Bank " The stories were originally printed in issues of the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892 before being collected in book form.
