A Study in Sherlock, Part II: Including the Collections of Robert Hess and Roy Pilot
Thu, Feb 15, 2024 12:00PM EST
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Lot 45
DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Micah Clarke. London and N...
Estimate: $200 - $300
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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Micah Clarke. London and New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889.8vo. 16pp. publisher?s ads at end. Original gilt-lettered navy-blue cloth over beveled boards, decorative endpapers (a touch of rubbing at ends and fore-corners).FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of the author?s best-selling third book. An early issue with the ads dated January 1889 (first issue ads were dated June 1888). ?Micah Clarke was the ?first solid corner-stone laid for some sort of literary reputation?? (Gibson and Green A3a). Sadleir 747. -- [With:] DOYLE. Micah Clarke. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. 8vo. Illustrations by George Willis Bardwell. Original pictorial tan cloth stamped in gilt, white, red, and black (spine sunned, spotting to covers). Second authorized American edition. Green and Gibson A3d.
