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Lot 72
Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 14, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,080
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Lot Description
DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Return of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1905.
8vo. 16 plates including frontispiece by Sidney Paget. Original gilt-lettered grey-blue cloth (spine a bit darkened, a few spots of light wear to upper cover, rear hinge just starting). Provenance: Annie Taylor (ownership signature dated 1905?); John Talbot Gernon (morocco book label).
FIRST EDITION featuring a collection of thirteen Sherlock Holmes stories originally published in the Strand Magazine and Collier’s. De Waal 625; Green and Gibson A29a. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon