It was accepted finally by Ward Lock in November 1886, after having been rejected by James Payn, the Editor of the Cornhill Magazine, Arrowsmith’s, who received it in May and returned it unread in July and then Warne’s who turned it down immediately. It requires the ingenuity of a Holmes to find an example of this book.Ī Study in Scarlet was written during March and April of 1886. One of the select band of fabled rarities and therefore a keystone book for any collector of either Detective Fiction, Modern Literature or indeed for any collector of high spots. The first Sherlock Holmes story and the author's first published work. Handsomely rebound in late nineteenth century style full red polished calf, covers double-ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt decorated board edges and turn-ins, cockerel endpapers, all edges uncut.Ī fine uncut copy with all but two of the advertisement leaves present. 75-78 with very slight fore marginal loss not affecting text.īound without the leaf of advertisements preceding the title-page and the last leaf of advertisements at the end (pp. The title-page has been very neatly repaired at the edges and pp. With six line drawings within the text by Charles Doyle, the author’s father, on pp.
title blank publisher’s preface (with paragraph 2, line 3: youuger) blank contents blank - blank advertisements pp.
Second impression with mis-spelling “youuger” for younger in the second paragraph of the publishers’ preface. įirst edition in book form of the first Sherlock Holmes story (preceded only by the story’s appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual 1887). Item #04933 “I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic,Īnd you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose."Ī Great Detective's Debut, or The Case of The Missing Rare BookĭOYLE, Arthur Conan. DOYLE, Arthur Conan DOYLE, Charles, illustrator A Study in Scarlet
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