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Verlag: The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1952
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
Hardcover. Octavo; 3 volumes; Limited edition, 1321/1500; G; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and brown paper to boards, black embossed cameo portrait on front, mild wear to spine caps and corners, light shelfwear; Text blocks have speckled edges, clean and tight, illustrated (b&w); These are the center 3 vols. of an 8 volume edition of "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes"; CONTENTS: Vol. I. Containing the Thirteen Adventures originally published as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" / with a new introduction by Elmer Davis (xxvi, paged 767-1060) -- Vol. II. Containing "The Hound of the Baskervilles" / with a new introduction by Fletcher Pratt (xvi, paged 1063-1222) -- Containing the Seven Adventures Originally Published as "His Last Bow" / with a new introduction by Rex Stout (xvi, paged 1225-1382). 1349254. FP New Rockville Stock.
Verlag: London: George Newnes, July 1899 to December 1899, 1899
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
[Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six octavo magazines (28 x 19cm), pp.xl; 120; xli-xlviii; pp.xxxii; 121-240; xxxiii-xl; pp.xxxvi; 241-360; xxxvii-xliv; pp.xl; 361-480; xli-xlviii; pp.xlviii; 481-600; xlix-lvi; pp.lvi; 601-804; lvii-lxviii [8]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled in dark blue, stapled twice. Presented in a black fleece-lined quarter morocco clamshell box, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and navy cloth over sides. Moderate general wear, with rubbing and bumping to covers, and some chips from spines. Christmas number spine more heavily worn, with large losses to head and tail. Rare thus. Very good. All six parts of the co-written 'Sanctuary Club,' concerning a private detection consortium, and all three parts of Doyle's 'The Croxley Master,' in which a poor medical student agrees to take part in a prize fight in order to win the money he needs to complete his studies. Also containing odd chapters of Allen's 'Hilda Wade,' Jacob's 'A Master of Craft,' and Nesbit's 'The Seven Dragons,' as well as an article by the editor on the Southern Cross expedition, and two further short stories by Nesbit.
Verlag: London: George Newnes, January to December 1898, 1898
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
[Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Clean internally, with moderate wear to cloth, including some wrinkling to spine of volume 15, and a crack to the binding of volume 16, manifesting at p.595. An attractive, practical pair. Very good. A significant collection, including all seven parts of Doyle's 'Round the Fire' stories, and all ten parts of both Meade / Eustace's 'The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings' and Allen's 'Miss Cayley's Adventures' - a pair of detective novels featuring strong female lead-characters. Also including numerous interesting short pieces by other authors, including H.G. Wells.
Verlag: London: George Newnes, July 1903 to December 1904, 1904
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
[Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 724; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations, including Paget's famous illustrations for the Holmes stories. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Moderate wear and marking to covers; spines toned and rubbed. Numerous gatherings a little proud or loose. Spotting and toning to endpapers and facing leaves. Well-used but essentially intact. Good. A significant collection, containing all thirteen parts of Doyle's 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes' and all twelve parts of Nesbit's 'The Phoenix and the Carpet.' Also featuring a selection of short pieces by Jacobs, Mason, Meade, Pemberton, Pain, Nesbit, Maugham, Marsh, and Morrison, and a vision of the tank from Wells more than ten years before it was deployed on the battlefields of France.
Verlag: London: George Newnes, May to December 1897, 1897
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
[Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Eight octavo magazines (27 x 19cm), pp.xxviii; 481-600; xxix-xxxvi; pp.xxxii; 601-804; xxxiii-xlviii; pp.xxxii; 120; xxxiii-xliv; pp.xxiv; 121-240; xxv-xxxii; pp.xxiv; 241-360; xxv-xxxii; pp.xxxii; 361-480; xxxiii-xl; pp.xxxii; 481-600; xxxiii-xlviii; pp.xl; 601-804; xli-lx. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled and illustrated in dark blue, stapled twice, and priced at 6d. Presented in a navy fleece-lined quarter morocco clamshell box, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and blue cloth over sides. Internally clean. Covers lightly handled, but with heavy rubbing and some chipping to spines, including some careful repairs. Very good. Containing all nine parts of Doyle's modern Egyptian adventure, six parts of Allen's 'Glimpses of Nature' series, and numerous short pieces by authors including Bret Harte, L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace.