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Doyle, Arthur Conan. His Last Bow, Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. John Murray, London, 1917.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: John Murray, 1917. 305 pp + ads. 19 x 13.5 cm. Red cloth covered boards with gilt titling to cover and spine. First UK edition, second printing. Light sunning to spine, with two small nicks to head of spine. Some light bumping to spine ends and corners of boards. A few light spots on rear board. Some light freckling to edges of text block with a small 10 x 15 cm splash mark to fore edge. Foxing to endpapers, with small label from previous owner on front pastedown. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding fairly sound, albeit just a bit shaken. Green & Gibson A40a. . Hard Cover. Very Good.
Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
Arthur Conan Doyle. His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. John Murray, 1917.
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition / 1st impression. Red cloth, gilt titles. Condition: Very good. Patchy fading to front boards, spine darkened. A small split to the cloth at back spine edge. Front inner hinge beginning to split. Browning to feps. Owner s name to ffep. Spotting to edge of text block. Binding firm. Small tear to bottom of final page, not affecting text. Size: 7.5x5.5in / 19x14cm. 305pp. Weight: 420g.
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Arthur Conan Doyle. His Last Bow. John Murray, UK, 1917.
Price: US$288.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition 1917. Book is very good and quite bright. Contents quite good. Bookplate to age toned/foxed endpapers. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17493
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Price: US$384.98 + shipping
Description: [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 305 [7]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Contents clean, some browning to endpapers, cloth shows a few marks, faint cup ring to upper, spine sunned, gilt dulled to same. Overall very good. Includes the title story, which appeared in 'The Strand' magazine in September 1917 with the subtitle 'Some War Experiences of Sherlock Holmes'; the covers bearing the tag-line 'Sherlock Holmes Outwits a German Spy'. Unlike most Holmes adventures the narration is in the third person rather than recounted by Dr. John Watson and the episode focuses on espionage and intrigue rather than mystery and detection. Due to its portrayal of British and German spies and its patriotic themes, the story is widely believed to have been conceived as a morale booster for the troops.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Arthur Conan Doyle. His Last Bow. John Murray, 1917.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "His Last Bow" by Arthur Conan Doyle. John Murray, London. 1917, first UK edition first printing. 305p+ads. Condition: an about fine copy with fresh red gilded boards, complete, small owner's entry to front endpaper. His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917). The collection's first US edition adjusts the anthology's subtitle to Some Later Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. All editions contain a brief preface, by "John H. Watson, M.D.", that assures readers that as of the date of publication (1917), Holmes is long retired from his profession of detective but is still alive and well, albeit suffering from a touch of rheumatism.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$435.32 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION in a beautiful royal blue full morocco binding signed by Bayntun-Riviere, spine faded otherwise very good; , gilt cuts, gilt panelled spine, two-line gilt border on sides, all edges gilt, three-line gilt turn-ins,marbled end papers, bound at the end is the publisher's original red cloth cover and spine; inside excellent as new; slipcase; Octavo, pp. v, 305 [6]. Murray's catalogue at the end; ; A handsomely bound copy.
Seller: Magnus, Paris, France
Arthur Conan Doyle. His Last Bow. John Murray, London UK, 1917.
Price: US$436.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Faded spine colour and mild wear to the spine ends. Mild rubbing and marks on the boards. Corners bumped and a little worn. Browned end papers. Rear hinge is beginning to split. Brown marks on the front pages otherwise the contents are clean. 305 pp with 6 pages of publisher’s advertisements at the rear. 8vo.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Arthur Conan Doyle. His Last Bow Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. John Murray, London, 1917.
Price: US$577.47 + shipping
Description: A superior first edition copy of this popular Sherlock Holmes short story anthology by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in a lovely condition. The first edition of this work.Unusual to see this volume in as nice a condition.A collection of eight Sherlock Holmes short stories, all of which had previously been published, either in other collections or in 'The Strand Magazine'.Including 'The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge', 'The Adventure of the Cardboard Box', 'The Adventure of the Red Circle', 'The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans', 'The Adventure of the Dying Detective', 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax', 'The Adventure of the Devil's Foot', and 'His Last Bow'.Holmes and Watson are the best known detective duo of literature, becoming immensely culturally important since their introduction in 1887.Six pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few minor marks to the boards and spine, spine is a little faded. Small crack to the tail of the rear joint. Very small bump to the rear board. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some spots to the fore edge. Head of the front endpaper has been excised. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$577.47 + shipping
Description: [Detective Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 305 [7]. Recently re-bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge gilt, others trimmed. A lovely crisp, clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. Includes the title story, which appeared in 'The Strand' magazine in September 1917 with the subtitle 'Some War Experiences of Sherlock Holmes'; the covers bearing the tag-line 'Sherlock Holmes Outwits a German Spy'. Unlike most Holmes adventures the narration is in the third person rather than recounted by Dr. John Watson and the episode focuses on espionage and intrigue rather than mystery and detection. Due to its portrayal of British and German spies and its patriotic themes, the story is widely believed to have been conceived as a morale booster for the troops.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom