CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. WITH: Memoirs CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. WITH: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1892, 1894. Two volumes. Octavo, modern full blue morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $5600. First editions in book form of these classic stories starring literature's most famous detective, illustrated by Sidney Paget, handsomely bound in full morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, with original cloth bound in. Although Sherlock Holmes first appeared in the novel A Study in Scarlet (1887), both he and his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, found lasting fame through Holmes' adventures in the Strand Magazine. "The initial 12 tales were collected between covers as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, published in England and America in 1892; and 11 of the second 12... as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1894. If any reader be prepared to name two other books that have given more innocent but solid pleasure, let him speak now-or hold his peace!" (Haycraft, 50). These volumes contain such famous and memorable tales as "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-headed League," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and "Silver Blaze." Of special note is the last case in the Memoirs, "The Final Problem," in which Holmes apparently meets death in a struggle with "the Napoleon of crime," Professor Moriarty. "At one point, tiring of the detective, Doyle attempted to exterminate him... but the clamor of his admirers forced him to resurrect Holmes for several further volumes, and his popularity has waned little since" (Benet, 273). Original cloth bound in at rear of each volume. Green & Gibson A10a, A14a. DeWaal 520, 596. A fine pair of volumes. Price: USD 5,600.00 other currencies   order no. 65373    inquire

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