DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Great Boer War. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, [1900].
Small 8vo. Illustrated with the (later suppressed) frontispiece portrait of Doyle and 7 illustrations inserted throughout. Publisher’s full blue cloth, front board elaborately stamped in black, spine stamped in gilt with “Sir Arthur Conan Doyle” on the spine (spine sunned and rubbed, mild bumping to the boards, some toning, offsetting to endleaves, upper corner of text bumped).
FIRST SUPPRESSED EDITION, ONE OF A FEW SURVIVING COPIES THAT WAS SUPPRESSED BY DOYLE.
“This edition was never published. The whole issue was destroyed. The author refused to pass it because it reprinted the first edition without any revisions, it had no map, and he disliked the ‘Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’ on the spine. His strongest objection was to the use of his portrait as a frontispiece. He wrote on his advance copy: ‘This volume should be unique. When I saw (with horror) that they had put my portrait upon it’ I said I would destroy the whole edition rather than pass it. They then put Lord Roberts as was proper. A.C.D.’” (Green and Gibson, p. 251). -- [Together with:] Another copy. [1903]. 8vo. Publisher’s full red cloth, front board stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt (pine a bit dull, some rubbing, bumping, light soiling to boards, text a bit toned, with a small illustration of “Lord Roberts Entering Pretoria” by Sidney Paget affixed to the ffep).