A study in scarlet
Date1888
Names
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
(author)
Doyle, Charles Altamont
(illustrator)
Ward, Lock & Co.
(publisher)
Holmes, Sherlock
(subject)
Format
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.
Medium
Language
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
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Call Number / Accession Number37131181236340D
Dewey Number823.91 D598 1888
approximately 1890
approximately 1890
approximately 1890
