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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes, 1902.
8vo. (Small stain on half-title). Frontispiece and 15 illustrations by Sidney Paget (few plates with light marginal soiling or staining). Full red morocco, framed with a single gilt fillet, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, 2 black morocco lettering-pieces gilt, others twice framed with gilt fillets, edges gilt, turn-ins with gilt fillets; folding box matching the design on the cloth of the first edition, lined with marbled paper.
FIRST EDITION, with the misprints found in all subsequent printings (these were never corrected; see Green & Gibson note). The Hound of the Baskervilles marked the return of Sherlock Holmes after his disappearance over Reichenbach Falls in “The Final Problem,” published 1893, which Doyle described as the “inevitable relapse after repentance.” Green & Gibson, A26a.