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  • First page of Sherlock Holmes Long Stories Arthur Conan Doyle Hound of Baskervilles Scarce Jacket showing text: "1. Mr Sherlock Holmes..."
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  • Front cover of Sherlock Holmes Long Stories Arthur Conan Doyle Showling Sherlock smoking a pipe.
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Sherlock Holmes Long Stories Arthur Conan Doyle Vintage Book Hound of Baskervilles Scarce Jacket

Sherlock Holmes Long Stories Arthur Conan Doyle Vintage Book Hound of Baskervilles Scarce Jacket

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Sherlock Holmes Long Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle Scarce with Original Dust Jacket

Collectable vintage Sherlock Holmes book 'Long Stories 4 Volumes in One' including the iconic Sherlock Holmes stories; A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Valley of Fear.

This book was first published in September 1929 and this is the 3rd reprint of August 1941, a nice early edition of this classic Sherlock Holmes Omnibus, with four of the, (broadly recognised as) greatest of his stories including the fabulous 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. If only one of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holme's stories comes to mind it is undoubtedly that of his classic 'The Hound of the Baskervilles',  the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel that has been made into so many marvellous films and TV adaptations with the greatest actors of each era.

If you wanted to start a Sherlock Holmes collection of vintage books,  this would be a great beginning. The fabulous Dust Jacket is near to the first state, all that seems to have changed is the price of 9/6 Net, (Nine shillings and Sixpence) compared to the first edition that was priced at 7/6. Later editions had no price at all on the jacket. The jacket is  near excellent apart from the spine which is tanned and heavily worn but overall the jacket is still robust and handsome on the book.

Entertaining to read the contemporary reviews included in the text:

'The creator of the greatest detective in all fiction need not fear the younger generation will be less sensitive to the thrills that are latent on every one of these pages than were those of us who read them as children in the (18) nineties. Excitement is less susceptible to the wear and tear of time than humour'--Daily Telegraph
'Only a few months ago we were lazily licking the chops of memory over all the short Holmes stories bound up in one volume.  Now we have another, equally fat, delicious and romantic' -- Country Life
'I have tried the experiment of studying carefully "A Study in Scarlet" which I had not seen since I was a boy at school.  The presentiment of the detective seems every bit as brilliant and exciting now as it did then.  And that is some test ; for I have read a book or two inbetween. '-- Observer

A great opportunity to purchase a characterful Sherlock Holmes omnibus from the first half of the 20th century, containing unabridged some of the best ever Sherlock Holmes novels!

Perfect for your bookshelf of vintage crime classic books.

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  • USED BOOK: Vintage & Sustainable

Condition Notes: VERY GOOD

VERY GOOD:

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This is fresh from the attic in very good condition .

Red boards underneath the jacket fresh and bright with just slight fading to some of the cloth.

Robust condition. Interior pages are all clean and firm just the usual slight tanning through age and slight shelf wear to the exterior of the text block dust staining to the top of the text block.

Lightly pencilled price of 9/6 on first free endpaper, probably contemporary.

The dust jacket has very minor shelf wear to the front and back but the spine is heavily sunned, worn and faded so lets down the otherwise excellent jacket.

A tiny bit of fraying in places and a few tiny tears and a bit of scuffing to the corners. (Please see photos).

Overall Very Good Vintage collectable Sherlock Holmes book.

Please remember this vintage book has been loved before and is not new condition is graded taking this into consideration.

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SIZE: Height 19 cms x Width 1.5 cms.
FORMAT: Hardback
PAGES: 640 pages+ 6 pages of Ads.

Kittys Reader Notes

"There was no American copyright in 1887 when the 'Study in Scarlet' was written, so that the book had a circulation in the United States, and attracted some attention. As a consequence Mr Lippincott...had commissions for several British Authors, and invited Oscar Wilde and myself to dinner to discuss the matter. The result was 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'The sign of the Four'.

Then came 'The Hound of the Baskervilles.' It arose from a remark by that fine fellow, whose premature death was a loss to the world, Fletcher Robinson, that there was a spectral dog near his home on Dartmoor. That remark was the inception of the book, but I should add that the plot and every word of the actual narrative was my own.

Finally, there is 'The Valley of Fear,' which had its origin through me reading a graphic account of the Molly McQuire outrages in the coalfields of Pennsylvania, when a young detective drawn from Pinkerton's Agency acted exactly as the hero is represented as doing. Holmes plays a subsidiary part in this story.

I trust that the younger public may find these romances of interest, and that here and there one of the older generation may recapture an ancient thrill. "

Arthur Conan Doyle
June 1929

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Hardback
  • Collectable
  • Classic Crime Novel

BOOK ERA:

  • 1940's Vintage Books

This vintage book has been specially selected by Kitty for good quality and its individual appeal.

Author Bio & Publication

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was the author of the Sherlock Holmes Stories.


Publisher: John Murray
Date: 1941
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardback
Dust Jacket: Yes

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