Collection of Thirteen First Editions:

£15,000 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

all first editions A fine collection of 13 first edition titles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, including 7 Sherlock Holmes titles bound in full blue morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, the majority with their original cloth covers bound-in, and 6 further titles in uniform half red morocco gilt. Comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), The Valley of Fear (1915), His Last Bow (1917), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927), The Great Shadow (1892), The Doings of Raffles Haw (1892), Uncle Bernac (1897), Songs of Action (1898), A Duet (1899) and The Great Boer War (1900). First editions; 13 works in 13 vols., comprising 7 Sherlock Holmes titles in full blue morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, all edges gilt, all titles but for 'The Return' and 'His last Bow', and 6 other works uniformly bound in half red morocco gilt, marbled boards, top-edge gilt; a fine set of 13 first editions.

• Binding: Hardcover

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