Arthur Conan Doyle | The Sign of Four, 1890

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Sign of Four. London: Spencer Blackett, 1890

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, first issue ("138" misprinted on contents leaf, "w shed" erroneously printed p.56), 8vo, illustrated frontispiece by Charles Ker, original black endpapers, original red cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine and stamped with black decorative borders, first binding (with "Spencer Blackett's | Standard | Library" at foot of spine)

A FINE COPY OF THE SECOND HOLMES NOVEL.

LITERATURE

Green and Gibson A7a; Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone

PROVENANCE

"H.E. Simonds" (bookplate and ownership inscription); The Alexis Galanos Collection