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Price: US$877.88 + shipping
Description: 804, 724, 804 S. Halblederbände der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. - Wohl privat aufgebundene Exemplare. Rücken lädiert (stark berieben, mit Schabverletzungen und Einrissen). Deckel ebenfalls berieben; vordere Deckel nur noch an der Fadenheftung mit den Einbänden verbunden. Einige Seiten etwas stockfleckig; privates Exlibris auf vordere Spiegel montiert. Ansonsten jedoch innen gut erhalten und sauber. - Achtung: Bei Auslandsversand bitte Portokosten erfragen (höheres Gewicht)! - Enthält u.a. den Erstdruck von "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (vols. 22 und 23) sowie "The Adventures of Etienne Gerard" (vol. 24) von Arthur Conan Doyle.
Seller: Antiquariat Christoph Wilde, Düsseldorf, Germany
Price: US$977.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Frontis plus 15 full page illustrations, 7.5 x 5", re-hinged gilt-lettered and gilt-dec pict red cloth by "A.G.J." [Alfred Garth Jones], 359pp, covers quite rubbed and soiled, extremities badly bumped and fraying, spine ends torn, inner hinges cracking, pp toned with much finger soiling (please wash your hands, people, and don't lick your fingers to help you turn the pages), a couple pp with margin tears; a rather well used and abused copy of the FIRST EDITION (with "you" instead of "your" on page 13 line 3). SWAF.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1590.03 + shipping
Description: [Sherlock Holmes] FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 359; [1] blank. With 16 illustrated plates by Paget. Handsomely bound in full deep red oasis morocco, titled and decorated in gilt to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers endpapers, top edge gilt. All plates present, contents clean, exterior as new. A couple of small tears to frontispiece, and a large repaired tear to p.303/304. A very good copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Arguably the great detective's most charismatic case; "Holmes is at his very best, and it is a highly dramatic idea" - Doyle, to his mother, 2nd April 1902.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$1590.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. Colonial Issue. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.3 inches). Illustrated with sixteen mono plates by Sidney Paget. Tisue guard to the frontispiece. A few of the plates are bound in different places than listed on the contents page but all are present. 4 pages of publishers adverts for the colonial library at the rear of the book. The text and illustrations are fine, clean and bright throughout and look unread. Publishers decorative green cloth which has dark blue illustration to the front board and spine. Gilt lettering to the spine. Decorative light blue and white floral endpapers with ship and swan designs. There are a couple of small closed tears to the spine and the cloth is a bit rubbed and bumped and has a few small marks but is generally in very good condition with the gilt on the spine still quite bright. Previous owner's small typed name label on the plain verso of the front free endpaper, reading H. B. Rattray. This is almost certainly Captain Haldane Burney Rattray (1870 to 1917) who, as a Lieutenant, led the 45th Sikhs regiment, known as the Rattray Sikhs after Haldane's father who raised the regiment in 1856, at Malakand in 1897, receiving the DSO for his leadership during the battle. Another previous owner has neatly written their name, and the date 1998, on the blank verso of the frontispiece. The London first edition was published by George Newnes on 25 March 1902. There was a total of 25,000 copies printed in the first print run. This first colonial edition was published a week later by Longmans, Green & Co. on 2 April 1902, with 13,000 copies printed for circulation only in India and the British Colonies. ----- More images available on request.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, first issue with "you" for "your" on page 13, line 3. Original red cloth, elaborate gilt design on cover and spine. Illustrated with 16 plates, including the frontispiece. New endpapers. In acetate cover with cutom-made slipcase. An attractive copy.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1995.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo, 358pp., scarlet cloth, extra gilt covers, shelfworn, some bubbling to the cloth, foxed, embossment of the W. H. Smith London shop on front free endpaper, just above the inked name of the original purchaser, and dated "March 1902" -within a week of publication! Note: a tight copy, but lacking 3 of the 16 Paget plates ( at pp. 208, 318, 328). A mystery classic, with the iconic Arthur Garth Jones-designed cover. [G&G A26a. DeWaal no. C369, Shaw's Basic Holmesian Library, ]. Laid in is an Autograph Note initialled by Conan Doyle on his Bignell Wood postcard-sized note card: 3 lines, 21 words, "A very interesting case." Bignell Wood was the weekend retreat home Conan Doyle gave to his wife, Jean, as a birthday present, and they are buried nearby; thus, this undated note is circa 1924-1930. Note: this has one of the two recently-discovered points: a) p. 13 has the first state of "you" for "your" ( in 'I have heard you name mentioned . "), b) has the reversed illustration at p.76, showing Sidney Paget's signature as a mirror image, as it appeared in the Strand magazine issue of October, 1901.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles. George Newnes, Limited, 1902.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good in original red cloth covered boards with gilt detailing on the front cover and spine. First U.K. edition with the first issue point on page 13, line 3 "you for "your". Some sun fading along the spine; rubbing along edges and spine ends. Previous owner's name inscribed on the front free end paper. Comes in custom-made slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2544.05 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, first impression, of Sherlock Holmes's literary resurrection after "The Final Problem". The story was first serialized in the Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902. In April 1901, Doyle had written to his mother regarding his new Sherlock Holmes adventure: "I think it will work out splendidly. Holmes is at his very best, and it is a highly dramatic idea" (Green & Gibson, p. 129). To the editor of the Strand Magazine, Doyle claimed "it is full of surprises" (ibid., p. 130). Green & Gibson A26a. Octavo (177 x 114 mm). Twentieth-century brown morocco, spine with raised bands, compartments tooled in gilt, red and green morocco labels, single gilt fillet frame on covers, edges gilt. With original front cloth cover and spine bound in at rear. Half-tone frontispiece and 15 similar plates after Sidney Paget. Occasional spot of foxing or small mark to contents, otherwise bright and clean. A near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles. George Newnes, Limited, London,, 1902.
Price: US$2544.05 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition First Issue ("you" for your p13) 1902. A really good square and bright unrestored copy in the original cloth. Trivial bumping or rubbing to corners, top edge slightly dusty, else clean and bright. Two Ink owners names to front blank, very small red ink stain to pastedown and blank.
Seller: Finecopy, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$2633.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [VIII], 358, [359] Seiten Erstdruck der ersten britischen Ausgabe. Rotgoldgeprägter Original-Leinenband mit floralem Muster und schwarzem Hund, signiert A.G.J. . Frontispiz und 15 ganzseitige Illustrationen von Sidney Paget, Durchgehend etwas getönt. Leinen etwas beschädigt, Ecken bestoßen, siehe Foto. Bindung intakt aber etwas gelockert. Besitzvermerk auf Vorsatz. Kleiner Fleck auf Titelblatt. Sonst sauberes und wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. Wir senden umgehend mit beiliegender MwSt.Rechnung. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 750
Seller: ANTIQUARIAT Franke BRUDDENBOOKS, Lübeck, Germany
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, original red cloth, front cover stamped in gold and black, spine stamped in gold. Sherlock Holmes on the Moors. Filmed numerous times. A very good plus or somewhat better copy, edges somewhat dusty, neat name and date printed at lower front free end paper, several spot marks to front cover, one which slightly affects the A & S of the title lettering, corners show a touch of wear. An attractive copy. (8891)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue of the third Sherlock Holmes novel, and widely considered as the best of the series. Octavo, original black and gilt stamped pictorial red cloth, illustrated by Sidney Paget. In near fine condition. Although Conan Doyle killed off his most famous character by sending Holmes over the Reichenbach Falls in a struggle with Professor Moriarty in âThe Final Problemâ (December 1893), readers demanded the sleuthâs return. The author obliged with this, the thirdâ" and still considered by many the bestâ" Sherlock Holmes novel, carefully positioned on the title page as âanother adventureâ of Holmes. âBut,â as Howard Haycraft notes, âthe seed of doubt was plantedâ; while the novel proved an immediate success, readers pressed for more. Conan Doyle finally relented and engineered Holmesâ âresurrectionâ in 1903. The Hound of the Baskervilles remains âone of the most gripping books in the languageâ (Crime & Mystery 100 Best). âThe supernatural is handled with great effect and no letdown. The plot and subplots are thoroughly integrated and the false clues put in and removed with a master hand. The criminal is superb⦠and the secondary figures each contribute to the total effect of brilliancy and grandeur combined. One wishes one could be reading it for the first timeâ (Barzun & Taylor 1142).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Conan Doyle, Arthur. The hound of the Baskervilles. George Newnes, Limited,, London, 1902.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$4770.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST PRINTING. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED CLOTH COVER, COMPLETE COPY WITH FRONTIS + 15 FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. MINOR WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE, FEW VERY MINOR MARKS TO BOARDS, ENDPAPERS PAPERS MOSTLY TO REAR, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR MARK TO PAGES WITH OCCASIONAL MINOR WRINKLES TO ILLUSTRATIONS. OVERALL A LOVELY COPY WITH GILT BRIGHT TO COVER, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR CRACKED HINGES & MOSTLY CLEAN INTERNALLY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Conan Doyle, Arthur. The Hound of the Baskervilles. London George Newnes, Limited 1902, 1902.
Price: US$5024.49 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Newnes in 1902. First issue point: typo on page 13, line 3, which has "you" for "your". Illustrated with numerous black-and-white plates. 12mo [5" x 7 3/8"], 359 pp. Bound in the publisher's original pictoral maroon cloth. This copy with signature of Conan Doyle's cricket contemporary and English aristocrat Granville J Eliot and dated to the year of publication. This is a very good (or better) book. It cast from near fine grading due to slight rippling at the spine. The front panel is vibrant and clean with the gilt complete and without blemishing. The spine, as aforementioned, is slightly rippled and slightly blackened at the top. The corners are generally sharp and the binding tight. The signature of Granville J. Eliot is present on the front flyleaf. Each of the fifteen internal Sidney Paget illustrations are present. Overall, this is a very good (or better) copy with the signature of Granville Eliot. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set in 1889 largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Paget, Sidney
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
DOYLE, CONAN. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. George Newnes Ltd., London, 1902.
Price: US$5187.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp: [viii] 1 - 359. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Originally serialized in The Strand Magazine. Bound in red decorative cloth boards, frontispiece, and fifteen plates by Sidney Paget. On page 13, line 3 the word "you" has been printed in place of "your". And, on page 76 the illustration is a mirror image as the signature of the illustrator is reversed. Overall, a very good copy with light fading to the spine. There is slight loss of colour to the bottom edge of the front board decreasing from quarter-inch to nothing at the fore-edge. There is a light, two inch, stain to the lower portion of the fore-edge, and extending to one inch to the bottom edge. Owner's name at the top of the half-title page. The top edge is soiled, and there are a few tiny spots of foxing there and on the bottom edge, totally about ten spots. The text is clean and free of foxing or other extraneous markings. The illustration on the front board is still bright and clear, although there is a little dulling. Overall, a very good copy in collectible condition. The photos with this listing are of the book offered for sale. Additional photos gladly supplied.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
DOYLE Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles. , 1902.
Price: US$5724.10 + shipping
Description: First edition, (with both errors called for by Green and Gibson). Cover design by A.G.J. Frontispiece and fifteen plates by Sidney Paget. 8vo. Original scarlet pictorial cloth, gilt and black. London, George Newnes, Limited. First edition of Conan Doyle?s famous novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, and his first Sherlock Holmes story after he killed the detective off in ?The Final Problem? Presented as a previously overlooked tale set two years before Holmes?s death. He would bring the detective back to life in 1903 due to popular demand, explaining in ?The Empty House?, how Holmes had faked his death. The first edition, with both errors called for in Green and Gibson, with ?you? for ?your? on p. 13 line 3; and the illustration facing p. 76 is reversed. Neat contemporary inscription to front free endpaper. An excellent copy, binding very bright, with a touch of rubbing to the corners, spine a little worn and soiled, light foxing to the endpapers and prelims, but otherwise very clean internally. Green and Gibson, A26, a.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$6360.12 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Hound of the Baskervilles is renowned as one of the most iconic Sherlock Holmes books and widely recognized as an exemplary Edwardian novel. From its very publication, the novel has been adored and highly respected. Moreover, it is considered among the most visually appealing first edition books ever published with the binding a true work of art. The first edition, first issue is a notorious rarity and also features 16 plates depicting key scenes from the book. First edition, first issue, 8vo with "you" for "your" on p.13, half-title, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, light foxing to title and first few pages, but a clean copy generally, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very light toning, spine ends and edges with neat repairs, corners lightly rubbed, still in effect a remarkably bright and excellent copy of the best Sherlock Holmes novel, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, [Green & Gibson A26], housed in custom-made slip-case. Published by George Newnes, London, 1902
Seller: Bayliss Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$6360.12 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, first impression. The Hound of the Baskervilles was Sherlock Holmes's literary return after "The Final Problem" (although the action is set before the detective's demise at the Reichenbach Falls). The story was first serialized in the Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902. In April 1901 Doyle had written to his mother with reference to his new Sherlock Holmes adventure and noted "I think it will work out splendidly. Holmes is at his very best, and it is a highly dramatic idea" (Green & Gibson, p. 129). To the editor of the Strand Magazine, Doyle claimed "it is full of surprises" (ibid., p. 130). Green & Gibson A26. Octavo. Original red cloth, lettering and art nouveau decoration to spine after a design by Alfred Garth Jones, enlarged on front cover incorporating silhouette of hound stamped in black. Frontispiece and 15 plates after Sidney Paget. Small faint bookseller's stamp on front pastedown. Lean to spine, front cover gently bowed, spine ends rumpled, a few spots of foxing: a very good copy in bright cloth.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles. George Newnes Ltd, 1902.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: tall case. First printing, with "you" instead of "your" on page 13, line 3. Covers shelfworn. Bookplate on front flyleaf.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of Baskervilles. George Newnes, 1902.
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "The Hound of Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle. London: George Newnes, 1902. First UK Edition first printing. Octavo (7.25 x 4.75 inches; 185 x 120 mm.). [viii], 358, [359], [1, blank] pages; frontispiece and fifteen additional illustrated plate by Sidney Paget inserted throughout. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered and stamped in gilt, front board lettered in gilt and stamped in gilt and black; all edges trimmed; plain endpapers. Minor rubbing. Light soiling to the top edge of the text block; page edges and endpapers foxed; bookplate. A fine copy, and one of the better copies we've handled, housed in a custom clamshell case. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. From the KoKo Collection.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles. George Newnes, 1902.
Price: US$10812.20 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: CONAN DOYLE, Arthur. The Hound of the Baskervilles. London, George Newnes, 1902. First edition in book form, first impression, of Sherlock Holmess literary return after The Final Problem. Based on a local legend of a spectral hound that haunted Dartmoor in Devonshire, the story is set in the moors at Baskerville Hall and the action takes place mostly at night, when the terrifying hound howls for blood. After Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead with his face twisted in stark terror, Holmes is called upon to protect his heir, Sir Henry Baskerville (Britannica). The story was initially serialized in the Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902. Although The Hound of the Baskervilles was published nearly a decade after the story The Final Problem, the events unfold before the detectives shocking death at the Reichenbach Falls. Octavo, pp. 358, [1]; frontispiece (lacking tissue guard) and fifteen plates by Sidney Paget; tiny worm hole at end not affecting text, a very good copy; original red cloth, lettering and art nouveau decoration in gilt by Alfred Garth Jones to spine and cover (signed A.J.G.), on front cover incorporating black silhouette of hound, top edge red (some light foxing, spine a little sunned).
Seller: CASSIUS&Co., London, United Kingdom
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles. George Newnes, Limited, 1902.
Price: US$11000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece and 15 full-page illustrations by Sidney Paget. Original red cloth stamped in gilt with elaborate floral design and pictorial hound in black, signed A.G.J. (a bit of foxing to endpapers, but no foxing in the text). Very good. 359 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Enclosed in a 1/2 blue morocco slipcase with folding chemise. A scarce book in the original cloth. Green & Gibson A26a. Remnant of small bookseller's label on the rear pastedown.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.