First edition of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Conan Doyle, Arthur: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London, george Newnes, 1894. First edition in book form. Frontispiece 'The Death of Sherlock Holmes' and numerous illustrations throughout by Sidney Paget. Publisher's dark blue pictorial cloth, gilt edges. Edges rubbed. Back hinge weak.
First edition of the second collection of Sherlock Holmes stories. Doyle intended these to be the last Holmes stories, culminating in the death of the detective in ‘The Final Problem’, the last story in this collection.
Edges rubbed. Back hinge weak.
Paintings, furniture and varia, 29 April 2024
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