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Lot 154

Sale 322 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Aug 6, 2014 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$2,000 - 4,000
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$2,750
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DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1892 and 1894. 2 vols. 8vo, rebound by Bayntun in full crushed blue morocco, gilt-lettered spines, a.e.g., original pictorial cloth bindings bound-in at rear of each volume, cloth slipcase. First editions, first issues, with half titles, the "Miss Violent" misprint on page 317, and the panel on the front cover without street name (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), and the front cover panel lacking the Southampton Street sign (Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes). Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Light wear and fading to slipcase and original cloth; otherwise fine.

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