![[Book #36844P] The Adventure of the Dying Detective. A. CONAN DOYLE](https://sternrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage.png?auto=webp)
New York: Advertising Department/ Collier’s Weekly, 1913. First Edition; publisher’s vellum spine with paper title label, and boards. Very minor soiling and wear; nearly a fine copy of a rare book, rarer still in its original gift box; issued as a Christmas advertising promotion, it was included with 3 unrelated..... More
[Book #36844P]
Original wrappers. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Some archival mending; excellent condition. More
[Book #31061P]
London: George Newnes, 1892 & 1894. First Editions. Two volumes; publisher’s decorated cloth. The Adventures is a very good copy; some rubbing and with cracking hinges. The Memoirs has a gift inscription on the first blank, and while the hinges are vulnerable, they are intact. A slightly better than usual..... More
[Book #37060P]
London: George Newnes, 1892 & 1894. First Editions. Two volumes; publisher’s decorated cloth. The Adventures is a good to very good copy; some cloth spotting, rubbing; cracking hinges. The Memoirs is similarly good to very good. Both are dull but decent, not exceptional. More
[Book #37061P]
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1916-1920. First Editions; six volumes; publisher’s cloth; minor rubbing and spotting; near fine. The first volume has been inscribed on the title page by the author, “Given to the Community Bazaar by A. Conan Doyle, June, 1928.” Opposite the title page, on the list of Doyle’s..... More
[Book #36847P]
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1930. First Edition. Twenty-four volumes. Original publisher’s cloth and paper-covered boards with paper spine labels. One of 750 numbered copies, signed by Doyle. Some bookplates; a near fine set; 16 volumes of which are in the original printed dust jackets. More
[Book #35782P]
London: John Murray, 1918 (1931). First Edition; first issue. Ownership inscription; very good. More
[Book #26977P]
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. First Edition. Promotional press release laid in; fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #35296P]
Illustrated by Steele. Small tape mend on the back cover, extending slightly onto the bottom of the spine; some rubbing; a very good copy in original wrappers. More
[Book #32182P]
London: Cassell, 1892. First Edition. Aside from a small cloth puncture on the spine, a very good copy in a custom clamshell box. More
[Book #23985P]
New York: George H. Doran, 1919. Re-issued from the 1892 first American edition. As in that publication, it prints 'The Red-Headed League" and "Boscombe Valley." Very good in a worn and chipped dust jacket. More
[Book #35135P]
London: George Newnes, 1896. First Edition. A very good or slightly better copy. More
[Book #14778P]
American issue; publisher’s wrappers; very good. More
[Book #31726P]
London: Smith, Elder, 1900. First Edition. Minor cloth stains; very good. More
[Book #10201P]
![[Book #20894P] His Last Bow. A. CONAN DOYLE](https://sternrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/20894P.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1539713412)
New York: George H. Doran, 1917. First American Edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a number of chips and tears. The largest chip at the top of the front panel is about an inch wide, but shallow, affecting the “His” of the title. Another..... More
[Book #20894P]
London: John Murray, 1917. First Edition. Cloth soiling and staining; minor foxing; a good copy in a worn, older clamshell box with a detached front cover. More
[Book #23984P]
New York: George H. Doran, 1917. First American Edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing. The top of the front panel and spine has shallow chips barely affecting the lettering; there is a 1 inch wide by half inch deep chip at the..... More
[Book #9453P]
One sheet, approximately 4 x 7”; written on recto and verso. Likely a fair copy, but apparently contemporary, written for his sister Caroline. Titled in the author’s hand, “The Song of the Bowmen (for the White Company). The first line is always sung by the old bowman, and the rest..... More
[Book #36763P]
C. 1885-1887. A total of 42 pages; various sizes; mostly in ink, but with some in pencil; minor soiling and wear; an archive that reveals the extensive research and planning the Doyle devoted to his historical novels. This book is set against the invasion of England by James, Duke of..... More
[Book #16612P]
London: George Newnes, 1902. First Edition. Bookplate on the half-title; very light wear and cloth wrinkling; closer to fine than it is to very good; in a custom half-morocco clamshell box with a tiny black spot on the spine. More
[Book #30397P]
New York: McClure, Phillips, 1902. First Edition; first state (after the publisher’s sales dummy), without “Published 1902, R” on the copyright page (although at least one copy has been noted without the Newnes copyright but with “Published March, 1902”; possibly preceding this state). Gift inscription; ownership inscription dated 1902; considerable..... More
[Book #30537P]
New York: McClure, Phillips, 1902. First Edition; first state (after the publisher’s sales dummy), without “Published 1902, R” on the copyright page (although at least one copy has been noted without the Newnes copyright but with “Published March, 1902”; possibly preceding this state). Spine faded and lettering flaked off; nearly..... More
[Book #32400P]
London: Methuen, 1924. First Edition. Two volumes; limited to 1500 numbered copies. Some rubbing; small tape stain on the front board of volume 1; a very good set. More
[Book #20848P]
London: Methuen, 1924. First Edition. Two volumes; limited to 1500 numbered copies. One hinge cracked; bookplate; an unusually bright and clean set. The jacket of volume one has a tear across the spine (internally reinforced with paper tape), the spines very slightly faded; in a publisher’s box with minor cracking..... More
[Book #23873P]
London: George Redway, n.d. [1887]. First Edition; second issue of the second volume of Dreamland and Ghostland. The economical Redway used the unsold sheets by issuing the three volumes separately with new title pages. There are nine stories in this volume apart from Doyle’s. Publisher’s blue cloth; only minor wear;..... More
[Book #35689P]