THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES together with THE LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES and THE FINAL ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1950 & 1952. Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget, and others. Hardcover. Eight octavo volumes (6" x 9-1/8") bound in gilt-stamped quarter black linen and wall-paper sides with a cameo decoration reproducing the section of the wall over the mantel in Mrs. Hudson's chambers at 221B Baker Street showing two examples of Sherlock Holmes's prowess in emblazoning the initials of Victoria Regina "in bullet-pocks," with the cameo being a portrait of Holmes smoking his pipe. The definitive text edited by Edgar Smith with an introduction by Vincent Starrett. Designed by W. A. Dwiggins with a selective collation of the original illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget, and others, reproduced as sheet-fed photogravures. This is set #751 of 1500. The complete LEC Holmes. With the Note about the Cover slip. About Fine in Very Good slipcases. Item #022385
Price: $750.00