Lot 176
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Sign of Four, first edition, first issue, 1890.
Hammer Price: £6,500
Description
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Sign of Four, first edition, first issue, with misprints "13" on contents p. and "w shed" on p.56, frontispiece by Charles Kerr (lacking tissue-guard), without publisher's catalogue at end, bookplate to pastedown and embossed bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper, one or two very light spots but a very good, clean copy generally, original first issue cloth with "Spencer Blackett's Standard Library" to foot of spine, spine and covers a little darkened, ends and corners a little bumped and creased, or two light marks to covers, but still a bright and excellent copy, [Green and Gibson A7], 8vo, Spencer Blackett, 1890.
⁂ The second Holmes novel, rare in the first issue cloth in such bright condition.
Description
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Sign of Four, first edition, first issue, with misprints "13" on contents p. and "w shed" on p.56, frontispiece by Charles Kerr (lacking tissue-guard), without publisher's catalogue at end, bookplate to pastedown and embossed bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper, one or two very light spots but a very good, clean copy generally, original first issue cloth with "Spencer Blackett's Standard Library" to foot of spine, spine and covers a little darkened, ends and corners a little bumped and creased, or two light marks to covers, but still a bright and excellent copy, [Green and Gibson A7], 8vo, Spencer Blackett, 1890.
⁂ The second Holmes novel, rare in the first issue cloth in such bright condition.
