Fine Books & Manuscripts

DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859–1930). A group of 5 titles, including: A Study in Scarlet. London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, 1892. Illustrations by George Hutchinson. Original duo–tone cloth stamped in red, spine gilt (spine sunned and rolled, staining or browning to covers). –– Adventures [and] Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892 [and] 1894. 2 volumes, 8vo. Illustrated. Original blue gray cloth lettered in gilt (spines worn and toned). FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS. FIRST ISSUE of Memoirs of Sherlock with the suppressed story "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box". –– The Return of Sherlock Holmes. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. Illustrations by Charles Raymond MaCauley. Original decorative black cloth stamped in yellow and orange (spine gently worn, extreme ends frayed, front inner hinge cracked). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. –– The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Original brown cloth lettered in red (spine slightly skewed). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. –– Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally good.