Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Description: London, George Newnes, 1894. Cloth. A sought after third edition of this early Sherlock Holmes work, containing a total of twelve stories with the elusive detective. The third edition.Illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout by Sidney Paget.Collated, lacking the rear endpaper.'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' comprises of twelve brilliant Holmes short stories, originally published in 'The Strand Magazine' from July 1891 to June 1892. This thrilling collection includes the earliest Holmes stories, including four stories that Doyle picked as his own favourite. Doyle's overall favourite Holmes story, 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band', is included in this volume.The collected includes the adventures of 'A Scandal in Bohemia', 'The Red-Headed League', 'A Case of Identity', 'Boscombe Valley Mystery', 'Five Orange Pips', 'Man With the Twisted Lip', 'Blue Carbuncle', 'Speckled Band', 'Engineer's Thumb', 'Noble Bachelor', 'Beryl Coronet' and 'Copper Beeches&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light rubbing to the cloth. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. A few light marks to the cloth. Hinges are starting but firm. Lacking the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Sidney Paget. Very Good .

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