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Lot 111

Sale 5132 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Feb 17, 2017 5:00AM ET
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(Modern Literature)...


(Modern Literature) 8 Vols. Doyle, Arthur Conan: Round the Red Lamp. London: Methuen, 1894. First edition. 8vo, original red cloth, spine gilt; light to moderate wear, corners bumped, slightly cocked. Scattered light-to-moderate internal spotting. Thirty-two page publisher's advertisements dated October 1894 at back. Green & Gibson A16a. * The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard. London: George Newnes, 1896. First edition. 8vo, original black-stamped pictorial, gilt-lettered red cloth; light wear. With 24 plates. Eight page publisher's advertisements dated 10.2.96 at back. Bookplate of Alastair Forbes on front paste-down. Tight, bright copy. Green & Gibso A19a. * The Desert Drama. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1898. First American edition. Illustrated by S. Paget. 12mo, original color pictorial cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light to moderate wear. With 32 plates. Advertisements at back. Green & Gibson A22c. * Adventures of Gerard. London: George Newnes, [1903]. First edition. 8vo, original gilt-lettered and decorated blue cloth; light to moderate wear, ink ownership on front cover. With 16 plates. Scattered, light internal spotting. Green & Gibson A27a. * Round the Fire Stories. London: Smith, Elder, 1908. First edition. 8vo, original gilt-pictorial and lettered red cloth; light wear. Frontispiece. Minor internal spotting. Advertisements at back. Green & Gibson A33a. * The Poison Belt. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, (1913). First edition. 8vo, original gilt-lettered red cloth; light wear. With 16 plates. Tight, bright copy. Green & Gibson A38a. * The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure. New York: George H. Doran, (1919). First American edition, 2nd printing. 12mo, original pictorial black-stamped orange cloth; light wear, dust jacket (small chipping to edges). Green & Gibson A54b.i. * The Maracot Deep. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. First American edition. 12mo, original yellow-stamped and lettered black cloth; slightly cocked, light to moderate wear, a little dusty. Some dampstaining, spotting, and dust smudging to endpapers. Green & Gibson A47c.

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