Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Feb 16, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 81
DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859–1930). The Hound of the Baskervil...
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859?1930).?The Hound of the Baskervilles.?London: George Newnes, 1902. Crown 8vo. Half?title, 16 plates including frontispiece by Sydney Paget. Original scarlet cloth blocked and titled in black and gilt (spine darkened, few bumped edges, some cockling to covers, front joint partially cracked at half?title). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with ?you? for ?your? on p. 13, line 3, and the illustration facing p. 76, which had been reversed in the Strand Magazine, is again reversed. The Hound of the Baskervilles marked the return of Sherlock Holmes after his disappearance over Reichenbach Falls in ?The Final Problem,? published 1893, which Doyle described as the ?inevitable relapse after repentance.? De Waal 87; Green & Gibson A26.
