2020 March 4 Rare Books Signature Auction Books Signature Auction - New York - 05/03/2020 / Lot 45131

A[rthur] Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles.Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1902. First edition, first issue, with "you" for "your" on page 13. Octavo. [8], [359], [1, blank] pages. Frontispiece and fourteen (out of fifteen, lacking the plate facing page 58, "Sir Henry Baskerville") inserted plates on coated paper by Sidney Paget. Publisher's full red cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt, front board with black hound silhouette; all edges trimmed. Cloth spine toned, rubbed and somewhat thumbsoiled, boards rubbed and thumbsoiled, with wear to corners. Endleaves toned, thumbsoiled and somewhat foxed, embossed stamp on upper corner of front free endpaper. Text a bit toned, a few gutters overopened, several lower inner corners creased, some upper corners creased, the plate facing page 118 is loose but present, lower corners of pages 269, 273, 277 missing, upper corners of pages, 271 and 277 missing, the lower edges of pages 283-286 (two leaves) lacking lower margins (margins apparently trimmed away, with tears to those leaves) – no text missing from these pages. Fair. Housed in modern full red levant morocco, gilt, clamshell case. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone; Green and Gibson A26. HID10206192019 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved