first edition Soft cover
by Doyle, Arthur Doyle
London George Newnes. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition, first impression (with no name on the street sign in The Strand Library device on front cover and the misprint "Violent Hunter" for "Violet Hunter" on page 317). Large octavo (9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 235 x 162 mm). [4], 317, [1, printers imprint], [2, blank] pp. With 104 illustrations by Sidney Paget in the text. Original light blue cloth over beveled boards. Front cover and spine blocked and lettered in gilt and black. All edges gilt. New cream colored endpapers. Minor foxing throughout. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
(Inventory #: 1305006)