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DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1902. 8vo. Frontispiece and 15 illustrations by Sidney Paget. [vi], [1]-[358], [1, blank] pp. Publisher's full red cloth, front board and spine decoratively stamped in gilt, front board with image of the hound stamped in black (spine sunned and lightly worn, some edgewear, soiling, bumping to boards, endleaves foxed, bookplate residue on fp., occasional light foxing or soiling in text, a few gutters overopened, light foxing to edge of text block, lightly skewed). Near fine. 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.