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). The Lost World. London: John Murray, 1914 [i.e. 1917].8vo. 8 plates after paintings, frontispiece after a photograph. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine (a touch a rubbing at ends and fore-corners); folding box.?New Edition?, INSCRIBED BY DOYLE on the title-page. In 1914, Hodder & Stoughton sold the remaining stock of the first English edition to Smith, Elder & Company. When Smith, Elder was sold to John Murray, the bulk of the 6/- edition remained, which were reissued by John Murray in 1917 with an inserted title-page. See Green and Gibson A37a (first English edition).