Set Reminder2024-02-15 12:00:002024-02-15 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : A Study in Sherlock, Part II: Including the Collections of Robert Hess and Roy Pilot https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/a-study-in-sherlock-part-ii-including-the-collections-of-robert-hess-and-roy-pilot-21913 We are pleased to announce the second session of Robert Hess's Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle collection. High spots will include the only known copy of the first English edition of The Lost World in original dust jacket and Sidney Paget's personal robe.
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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Memories and Adventures. London: John Murray, [1930].8vo. Portrait frontispiece of Doyle. (Spotting to title-page and preliminaries). Original gilt?lettered blue cloth (gilt rubbed from spine, few small stains, light rubbing at corners and ends).Second edition, being the FIRST MURRAY PRINTING in the primary binding. INSCRIBED BY ADRIAN CONAN DOYLE, the author?s youngest son, on the title-page to his friend John Gordon. First issued by Hodder in 1924, this is the first printing from Doyle?s regular publisher John Murray, released on 29 July 1930 in an edition of 1599 copies. Green and Gibson B34c.