1894, ISBN: 75dba2584d7c36ba62a2413ddb05fa63

Première édition

[SC: 11.61], [PU: London: George Newnes Ltd, 1892 & 1894], BOOKS LITERATURE DETECTIVE FICTION PRE-1900 AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL AUTOGRAPH/TYPED LETTERS ONLINE CATALOGUES TORONTO 2022 CATALOGUE … Plus…

[SC: 11.61], [PU: London: George Newnes Ltd, 1892 & 1894], BOOKS LITERATURE DETECTIVE FICTION PRE-1900 AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL AUTOGRAPH/TYPED LETTERS ONLINE CATALOGUES TORONTO 2022 CATALOGUE 199 NOISBN, First editions, first impressions, of the first two great collections of Sherlock Holmes stories, each with a laid-in autograph letter signed by Doyle. In the first letter, loosely inserted in the Adventures and dated 8 November 1892, Doyle writes to the literary agent and founder of the Author's Syndicate William Morris Colles (1865-1926). He informs Colles that "I know no one who is more qualified" to give advice to Doyle's friend, one Mr Buton, who aimed to publish some works and join the Society of Authors (est. 1884). Doyle himself joined the Society, to which Colles's Syndicate was associated, in 1890. Colles left the Society in 1898 following organizational disagreements and ran the Syndicate separately until his death in 1926. Doyle's letter to him is headed with the address 12 Tennison Road, South Norwood, where Doyle lived from 1892 to 1894. The second letter, found inside the Memoirs, is undated but was sent within the years 1897 and 1907, while Doyle was living at the given address of Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere. Doyle writes cordially to a Miss Martineau, "I shall be delighted to do so. With many thanks & hoping that you are all very well. Yours very truly, A. Conan Doyle". The Martineau family were prominent Unitarians who cultivated an intellectual, political, and business dynasty. Catherine, Princess of Wales, is one notable descendant. The tales in these volumes were gathered from their original appearances in Strand Magazine by its proprietor George Newnes; the front covers feature a vignette after the Strand's cover design. The Adventures has the misprint "Miss Violent Hunter" on p. 317 and the blank street sign in the cover vignette, as called for. The textual error continued through all three impressions, while in the second (1893) and third (1894) impressions the street sign was corrected to read "Southampton Street". There are no corresponding points for the Memoirs. These copies are from the library of Katherine de Berkeley Parsons, daughter of Manhattan socialites, with her leather book label on the front pastedowns. Her collection was sold at Sotheby's New York on 6 October 1976. 2 works, royal octavo. Original pale and dark blue cloth over bevelled boards, spines lettered in gilt and in black on gilt ground, front covers lettered in gilt with black detail and stamped with publisher's vignette in black, endpapers patterned with flowers in Adventures and peacock feathers in Memoirs, edges gilt. With custom blue cloth dust jackets. Both housed in a double-barrelled cloth slipcase with morocco entry. Frontispiece in Memoirs illustrating Holmes's apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls; both works prolifically illustrated in the text by Sidney Paget. W. H. Smith blindstamp on front free endpaper verso of Memoirs. Bright cloth with light marks and rubbing, superficial splits to inner hinges, sporadic foxing in the Adventures, the Memoirs internally fresh. A very good set.<

1894, ISBN: 75dba2584d7c36ba62a2413ddb05fa63

Première édition

[SC: 11.64], [PU: London: George Newnes Ltd, 1892 & 1894], BOOKS LITERATURE DETECTIVE FICTION PRE-1900 AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL AUTOGRAPH/TYPED LETTERS ONLINE CATALOGUES TORONTO 2022 CATALOGUE … Plus…

[SC: 11.64], [PU: London: George Newnes Ltd, 1892 & 1894], BOOKS LITERATURE DETECTIVE FICTION PRE-1900 AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL AUTOGRAPH/TYPED LETTERS ONLINE CATALOGUES TORONTO 2022 CATALOGUE 199 NOISBN, First editions, first impressions, of the first two great collections of Sherlock Holmes stories, each with a laid-in autograph letter signed by Doyle. In the first letter, loosely inserted in the Adventures and dated 8 November 1892, Doyle writes to the literary agent and founder of the Author's Syndicate William Morris Colles (1865-1926). He informs Colles that "I know no one who is more qualified" to give advice to Doyle's friend, one Mr Buton, who aimed to publish some works and join the Society of Authors (est. 1884). Doyle himself joined the Society, to which Colles's Syndicate was associated, in 1890. Colles left the Society in 1898 following organizational disagreements and ran the Syndicate separately until his death in 1926. Doyle's letter to him is headed with the address 12 Tennison Road, South Norwood, where Doyle lived from 1892 to 1894. The second letter, found inside the Memoirs, is undated but was sent within the years 1897 and 1907, while Doyle was living at the given address of Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere. Doyle writes cordially to a Miss Martineau, "I shall be delighted to do so. With many thanks & hoping that you are all very well. Yours very truly, A. Conan Doyle". The Martineau family were prominent Unitarians who cultivated an intellectual, political, and business dynasty. Catherine, Princess of Wales, is one notable descendant. The tales in these volumes were gathered from their original appearances in Strand Magazine by its proprietor George Newnes; the front covers feature a vignette after the Strand's cover design. The Adventures has the misprint "Miss Violent Hunter" on p. 317 and the blank street sign in the cover vignette, as called for. The textual error continued through all three impressions, while in the second (1893) and third (1894) impressions the street sign was corrected to read "Southampton Street". There are no corresponding points for the Memoirs. These copies are from the library of Katherine de Berkeley Parsons, daughter of Manhattan socialites, with her leather book label on the front pastedowns. Her collection was sold at Sotheby's New York on 6 October 1976. 2 works, royal octavo. Original pale and dark blue cloth over bevelled boards, spines lettered in gilt and in black on gilt ground, front covers lettered in gilt with black detail and stamped with publisher's vignette in black, endpapers patterned with flowers in Adventures and peacock feathers in Memoirs, edges gilt. With custom blue cloth dust jackets. Both housed in a double-barrelled cloth slipcase with morocco entry. Frontispiece in Memoirs illustrating Holmes's apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls; both works prolifically illustrated in the text by Sidney Paget. W. H. Smith blindstamp on front free endpaper verso of Memoirs. Bright cloth with light marks and rubbing, superficial splits to inner hinges, sporadic foxing in the Adventures, the Memoirs internally fresh. A very good set.<

1892, ISBN: 75dba2584d7c36ba62a2413ddb05fa63

[SC: 50.66], [PU: George Newnes 1892-1894, London], BAYNTUN RIVIERE FINE BINDING,SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE FIRST EDITION,THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES EDITION,THE-ADVENTURES-OF-SHERLOCK-HOL… Plus…

[SC: 50.66], [PU: George Newnes 1892-1894, London], BAYNTUN RIVIERE FINE BINDING,SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE FIRST EDITION,THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES EDITION,THE-ADVENTURES-OF-SHERLOCK-HOLMES-FIRST-EDITION, First editions in book form of these classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective, illustrated by Sidney Paget and handsomely bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Rivià re. Quarto, two volumes, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun-Rivià re with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles stamp-signed by Bayntun-Rivià re, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated by Sidney Paget. First issues, Adventures with “Violent” for “Violet” on p 317. In fine condition. Provenance: Nellie Emma Bradford with her faded gift inscription to the half-title dated October 30, 1892. Housed in a custom slipcase. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in the novel A Study in Scarlet (1887), but his adventures in the Strand Magazine would bring both him and his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, lasting fame. "The initial 12 tales were collected between covers as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, published in England and America in 1892; and 11 of the second 12… as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1894. If any reader be prepared to name two other books that have given more innocent but solid pleasure, let him speak nowâ€" or hold his peace!" (Haycraft, 50). These volumes contain such famous and memorable tales as "A Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." Of special note is the last case in the Memoirs, "The Final Problem," in which Holmes apparently meets his death in a struggle with "the Napoleon of crime," Professor Moriarty. "At one point, tiring of the detective, Doyle attempted to exterminate him… but the clamor of his admirers forced him to resurrect Holmes for several further volumes, and his popularity has waned little since" (Benet, 273).<

1894, ISBN: 75dba2584d7c36ba62a2413ddb05fa63

[SC: 11.61], [PU: London: George Newnes Ltd, 1892 & 1894], BOOKS LITERATURE PRE-1900 DETECTIVE FICTION SHORT STORIES NOISBN, First editions, first impressions, of the first two great coll… Plus…

[SC: 11.61], [PU: London: George Newnes Ltd, 1892 & 1894], BOOKS LITERATURE PRE-1900 DETECTIVE FICTION SHORT STORIES NOISBN, First editions, first impressions, of the first two great collections of Sherlock Holmes stories. These tales were gathered from their original appearances in Strand Magazine by its proprietor George Newnes; the front covers feature a vignette after the Strand's cover design. The Adventures has the misprint "Miss Violent Hunter" on p. 317 and the blank street sign in the cover vignette, as called for. The textual error continued through all three impressions, while in the second (1893) and third (1894) impressions the street sign was corrected to read "Southampton Street". There are no corresponding points for the Memoirs. Green & Gibson A10a; A14a. 2 works, royal octavo. Original pale and dark blue cloth over bevelled boards, spines lettered in gilt and black, front covers lettered in gilt with black detail and stamped with publisher's vignette in black, endpapers patterned with flowers in Adventures and peacock feathers in Memoirs, edges gilt. Housed in a dark blue cloth flat-back box by the Chelsea Bindery. Frontispiece in Memoirs illustrating Holmes's apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls; both works prolifically illustrated in the text by Sidney Paget. Cloth slightly soiled and rubbed, inner hinges partly cracked but firm, slight foxing to contents. A very good set.<

1902, ISBN: 75dba2584d7c36ba62a2413ddb05fa63

[SC: 34.59], [PU: George Newnes, Ltd, London], CLASSICS, MYSTERIES, DETECTION, Souvenir Edition. 296pp. Blue cloth decorated with gilt sphinx design by Alfred Garth Jones to coincide with… Plus…

[SC: 34.59], [PU: George Newnes, Ltd, London], CLASSICS, MYSTERIES, DETECTION, Souvenir Edition. 296pp. Blue cloth decorated with gilt sphinx design by Alfred Garth Jones to coincide with the opening of the play Sherlock Holmes at the Lyceum Theatre, top edge gilt. Title page reads "The Last Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". Frontispiece and illustrations by Sydney Paget. Collects eleven stories. Contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, spine ends and corner tips are a bit worn, a few spots to cloth on rear panel. A very good+ copy. Green and Gibson, p. 578.; Octavo.<