Lot 505
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, first issue, 1902.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, first issue with "you" for "your" on p.13, half-title, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, light foxing to rear endpapers, but a clean copy generally, original pictorial cloth, very light toning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, slight bowing to upper cover, small bump to upper joint, a remarkably bright and excellent copy overall, [Green & Gibson A26], 8vo, George Newnes, 1902.
⁂ A superb copy of the best Sherlock Holmes novel, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone.
Description
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first edition, first issue with "you" for "your" on p.13, half-title, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, light foxing to rear endpapers, but a clean copy generally, original pictorial cloth, very light toning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, slight bowing to upper cover, small bump to upper joint, a remarkably bright and excellent copy overall, [Green & Gibson A26], 8vo, George Newnes, 1902.
⁂ A superb copy of the best Sherlock Holmes novel, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone.