Set Reminder2023-04-20 12:00:002023-04-20 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : A Study in Sherlock: The Curious Collection of Robert Hess Part I https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/a-study-in-sherlock-the-curious-collection-of-robert-hess-part-i-21932 This was the first sale from Robert Hess's collection of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle. High spots in every category related to these two subjects included original illustration art, first editions, signed photos, and archives of letters.
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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). A Study in Scarlet. London: Ward, Lock, & Co., [ca. 1917]. Small 8vo. Frontispiece by James Grieg. Original full red cloth, front board ribbed and stamped in blind, spine stamped in gilt and blind (some rubbing, tarnishing to spine, previous owner?s signature on ffep, a few gutters slightly over-opened); original printed dust jacket (two pieces of brown paper affixed to verso of jacket, jacket chipped, edgeworn, thumbsoiled, with a few creased tears). An early reprint edition, seldom seen in the dust jacket.