ID 1029020
Lot 369 | The Sign of Four
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500
The Souvenir edition, with the author’s inscription to the head of the title page ‘Yours truly A. Conan Doyle’. Considered one of the greatest of all detective stories, The Sign of Four is the second Sherlock Holmes novel.
Octavo. (Very light occasional light spotting.) Original blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered and decorated in gilt, upper edge gilt (extremities lightly rubbed and spine faded, hinges slightly tender); housed in modern blue quarter morocco clamshell box. Provenance: authorial inscription (black ink on title).
| Artist: | Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) |
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| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Artist: | Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) |
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| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Address of auction |
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