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. New York: Hodder & Stoughton; George H. Doran Company, [1912].8vo. 16 plates. ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS, with text printed in red as seen on the original dust jacket, upper cover overprinted in black with the words ?Advance Copy, Publishing Date, October 15, 1912, Price, $1.25 net? (extremities sunned and gently rubbed, small chip at foot with loss). Provenance: Elenore M. Leal (early ownership signature on front free endpaper).FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, ADVANCE COPY. To our knowledge, this is the first time that an advance copy has ever been offered at auction. Green and Gibson A37e (American edition).