DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Georges Newnes, Ltd. 1894.
Royal 8vo, original blue cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt, variant blue patterned endpapers, all edges gilt; pp. [ii] + 279 many illustrations by Sidney Paget; a little rubbing to spine especially to gilt lettering, some occasional foxing, but generally a very good copy.
First edition of Doyle's second collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories. Scarce on market. By 1894 Doyle, and indeed Sherlock Holmes, were household names with Holmes's death at the Reichenbach Falls (described in the final story in this volume) causing a public outcry.
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