Description: THE SIGN OF FOUR 1ST/1ST UK EDITION, SCARCE FIRST ISSUE ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE PLEASE VIEW OUR EBAY STORE WHICH IS NEATLY ORGANIZED FOR A GREAT BROWSING EXPERIENCE!George Newnes, London, 1892First Edition, in the FIRST ISSUE Spencer, Blackett binding : Original full deep red cloth, gilt-lettered front board and spine with ornamental border and cornerpieces stamped in black across binding. “Spencer Blackett’s / Standard / Library” in gilt at foot of spine.Original full vibrant deep red cloth, gilt-lettered front board and spine with ornamental border and cornerpieces stamped in black across binding. “Spencer Blackett’s / Standard / Library” in gilt at foot of spine. Black coated endpapers with a shadow of a removed book plate. Frontispiece by Charles Kerr. Incomplete numeral on contents page (“13” instead of “138”); dropped letter “w shed” (for “wished”) on page 56. Full rough cut outer page block. This copy is without the rear publisher’s catalogue, and with the final page showing “The End” on page 283. The book has had some slight restoration with the spine rebacked, and presents extremely well with vibrant red cloth and some of the common sunning to the spine. The boards have no edgewear, and the binding is very tight and square. Unlike most copies of this title which have poor/cracked bindings and loose pages, this book is tightly bound and is quite readable and not fragile. All pages are present and are unusually clean with no handling marks, no foxing, no owner names, no inscriptions and no bent pages. Please see many detailed images. The second Sherlock Holmes story after A Study in Scarlet. At the time, it received only moderate success, but after the publication of the stories in Adventures and Memoirs its popularity soared.A very handsome copy in collectible condition, in the first issue, first state binding.Please see our Ebay store and MeierAndSons.com for other listings, many of which are rare first editions. Please note the cost to ship reflects the actual cost to ship using USPS, and the cost of insurance at the USPS rate of $1.00 per $100.00 of value. The cost of insurance is reflected as a handling charge on your invoice, but is actually only the cost to fully insure the book.
Price: 17895 USD
Location: New Canaan, Connecticut
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Restocking Fee: No
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year Printed: 1892
Topic: Classics
Binding: Hardcover
Printing Year: 1892
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Special Attributes: The Sign Of Four, 1st Edition
