A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

$25,000 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1888. First edition, second printing. First edition in book form of the first Sherlock Holmes story preceded only by the story’s appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887 . Second impression with mis-spelling “youuger” for younger in the second paragraph of the publisher’s preface. A fine copy. Octavo 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 185 x 121

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