The Sign of The Four in Lippincott's Magazine
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1890. Publisher's bindings of Vol. XLV in two volumes (as issued, only text, without wrappers or ads); including the first appearance of this Sherlock Holmes novel as well as Wilde’s Picture of Dorian Gray. The frugal publisher issued copies in various schemes, with different overall titles and bindings. Hinges just a little weak; ownership inscriptions on a blank in each volume; very slight cloth wear; an unusually nice set. These novels were famously commissioned by this magazine’s editor at a dinner at the Langham Hotel in London. While both novels are complete, several hundred words of Dorian Gray were excised from publication.
[Book #36846P]
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