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A study in scarlet

Date1888
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  • A study in scarlet
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Blue cloth, red spine label ; bound without wrappers or ads ; housed in a custom blue cloth slipcase.

First edition in book form, second impression. First separate edition. Includes a publisher's preface and six original illustrations by the author's father, Charles Doyle. Cf. De Waal, Robert Burt. The world bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
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ProvenanceBookplates of Gilbert C. Elliot, the 6th Marquis of Donegall, and S.L. Courtland to endpapers; Purchased 2024 ; Type Punch Matrix.

Purchased with the help of The Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection.
CollectionArthur Conan Doyle Collection
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131181236340D
Dewey823.91 D598 1888
Beeton's Christmas annual; a study in scarlet
Beeton's Christmas annual; a study in scarlet
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
1887
A study in scarlet
A study in scarlet
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
approximately 1890
Pictorial paper wrappers with illustration in red, black and white on front cover of man in top ...
A study in scarlet
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
approximately 1890
Orange monochrome pictorial paper cover showing Holmes with pipe against the background of a ma ...
A study in scarlet
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
approximately 1890
A study in scarlet
A study in scarlet
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
1893
Cream paper wrappers with leaf border design in brown on upper cover; lettering in brown on cov ...
The sign of the four and A study in scarlet
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
1893
Hill House Hotel, Happisburgh.; "My dear Smith; I think perhaps this would meet the case"
Hill House Hotel, Happisburgh.; "My dear Smith; I think perhaps this would meet the case"
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
approximately 1903
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere.; "My dear Smith; I have gone over the Cyclist again"
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere.; "My dear Smith; I have gone over the Cyclist again"
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
approximately 1903
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere; "My dear Smith 'Detective Stories' would not fairly characterize them"
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
approximately 1898
Letter written in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Morley's Hotel, London; "My dear Smith It bothers me rather that in writing any installment I have not got a copy of the previous one"
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
approximately 1901
Manuscript letter written in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Hill House Hotel, Happisburgh; "My dear Smith I think I take a fairly sane view of my own work"
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
May 14, 1903
Manuscript letter written in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere; "My dear Smith I have finished "The Adventure of the Dancing Men";
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
approximately 1903