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Price: US$193.24 + shipping
Description: Hb original red cloth , gilt titles to spine and front board, 306pp + frontispiece illustrated by Wiles. The fourth and final Holmes novel A Vg bright copy
Seller: E.J Morten Booksellers BA, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Valley of Fear. Smith, Elder & Co, UK, 1915.
Price: US$772.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle First Edition Smith, Elder & Co 1915. London. No name inscriptions or any signs of previous ownership. No loose or damaged pages, contents unblemished throughout. Original publisher's cloth corners are bright and have no darkening to spine or dulling to gilt lettering. A VG+ copy.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Valley of Fear. Smith Elder & Co, London, 1915.
Price: US$869.58 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: From the collection of the bibliophiles, David and Patricia Cory. With a frontispiece illustrated by Frank Wiles. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. Bumped corners and spine ends. Darkened and rubbed spine colour and spot of red is missing on the lower end. Very lightly weak hinge. Small book plate on the front paste down. Address of a previous owner written on the front free page dated June 25th 1915. Light spotting on the front pages and on page ends a little. 6pp of publishers adverts at the end.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Valley of Fear. Smith, Elder, London, 1915.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Valley of Fear" by Arthur Conan Doyle. Smith, Elder & co, London. 1915 first UK edition first printing - 306p+ads. Condition: good, minor rubbing to boards, frontispiece page loose but present, bookplate to verso, some page edges wear. Good copy. The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was copyrighted in 1914, and it was first published by George H. Doran Company in New York on 27 February 1915, and illustrated by Arthur I. Keller.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Doyle, A. Conan. The Valley of Fear. London Smith, Elder & Co. 1915, 1915.
Price: US$1508.13 + shipping
Description: [6],306,[6] pp. Octavo. Red cloth boards and gilt lettering on front and spine. Very light wear to spine edges. bookplate and owners signature on the front pastedown. Black and white frontispiece. Top edge a bit dusty. A touch of light foxing on the preliminary pages otherwise a clean far superior copy to most. Housed in a nice slipcase. The fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel, initially published in Strand Magazine from September 1914 to May 1915. It has been adapted into several TV shows and films throughout the decades. Frontispiece by Frank Wiles, and with 6 pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. First UK edition, first impression and published on 3 June 1915, the UK edition was preceded by the US edition, which was released on 27 February of the same year. It is, however, far less common, with some 6000 copies issued in Britain. Greene & Gibson A39a. It is difficult to find a nice copy like this example.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Valley of Fear. Smith & Elder, London UK, 1915.
Price: US$1610.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of the fourth and final novel of Sherlock Holmes. This first UK edition has a frontpiece by Frank Wiles. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the upper cover and spine. Bumping on the corners and spine ends. Bleeding of the red colour onto the front pages and top upper mildly discoloured top corner. Clean end papers. Contents have a few marks on some of the pages. Hinges a little weak in places. 6 pages of advertisments.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
DOYLE, Arthur Conan. THE VALLEY OF FEAR. Smith Elder & Co, 1915.
Price: US$2898.59 + shipping
Description: First English edition. Original red cloth lettered in gilt. A near fine copy with a little fading to the spine, but otherwise bright and crisp. Bookplate to front pastedown. Black and white frontispiece of Sherlock Holmes by Frank Wiles. The fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel. Green & Gibson A39a
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
DOYLE, Arthur Conan. THE VALLEY OF FEAR. Smith Elder & Co, 1915.
Price: US$3220.66 + shipping
Description: First English edition. Original red cloth lettered in gilt. A fine copy. Some foxing to the page edges, but cloth supremely clean and gilt bright with no fading to the spine. An exceptional copy, housed in an chemise and slipcase. Black and white frontispiece of Sherlock Holmes by Frank Wiles. The fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel. Green & Gibson A39a
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom