Doyle, A. Conan

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; Complete in Three [3] Volumes

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1995. Collector's Edition. Black leather over boards with three raised bands. Gilt titling, ruled on the spine, with arabesque gilt designs in other panels. Front and back cover with ruled border and symmetric gilt design. Bronze moire end papers with matching satin bookmarks still tucked in. 6.25" x 9.25", ~1200+ pp. per each of three volumes. More than twenty stories and adventures of the immortal cannon of A. Conan Doyle. Illustrations by Fredrick Dorr Steele, Sydney Paget, Frank Wiles and others highlight these timeless pages of the modern detective genre. Included herein are three of his most famous novels; A Study in Scarlet (1887), The Hound of Baskerville (1902), The Valley of Fear (1915), Fine, some light, inconsequential gilt flaking on the fore edge of volumes 1 & 3, less than 1/2 inch. Originally purchased for shelf value, not to be read, hence still crisp and crackles when opened. Item #3431

"It is not Sherlock Homes who sits in Baker Street, comfortable, competent and self-assured; it is we ourselves who are there, full of a tremendous capacity for wisdom, complacent in the presence of our humble Watson, conscience of a warm well being and a timeless, imperishable content." (p. 1776, E. W. Smith, Editor).

Price: $250.00