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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Micah Clarke. London and New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889.
8vo. 16pp. publisher’s ads at end. Original gilt-lettered navy-blue cloth over beveled boards, decorative endpapers (a touch of rubbing at ends and fore-corners).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of the author’s best-selling third book. An early issue with the ads dated January 1889 (first issue ads were dated June 1888). “Micah Clarke was the ‘first solid corner-stone laid for some sort of literary reputation’” (Gibson and Green A3a). Sadleir 747. -- [With:] DOYLE. Micah Clarke. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. 8vo. Illustrations by George Willis Bardwell. Original pictorial tan cloth stamped in gilt, white, red, and black (spine sunned, spotting to covers). Second authorized American edition. Green and Gibson A3d.