Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1892

FIRST EDITION ("violent" for "violet" on p. 317), 8vo, half-title, 104 illustrations by Sidney Paget within the text, original light blue cloth over beveled boards, cover and spine blocked and lettered in gilt and black, Strand design in first state with no name on street sign, floral patterned endpapers, edges gilt, light spotting, cockling, some gatherings slightly proud, covers rubbed especially at joints, wear at spine

The first volume of Sherlock Holmes stories, published on 14 October 1892 in an edition of 10,000 copies. It was sold out by the beginning of the following year.

LITERATURE

Green and Gibson A10a; Queen's Quorum 16; Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone

PROVENANCE

The Alexis Galanos Collection