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1890 The Sign of Four
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Description
First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding
The first edition, in the second issue binding. With 'Griffith Farran & Co' to the spine.
With the issue points 'w shed' for wished to page 56, line 16 and the incomplete numeration to the contents page, 13 instead of 138.
No publisher's advertisements, as is common with some copies (Green & Gibson, p.34).
Prior owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper, 'Michael Berry'.
'The Sign of the Four' is the second novel to feature Conan Doyle's noted author Sherlock Holmes. It is set in 1888 and has a complex plot involving the Indian Mutiny of 1857, a stolen treasure and a secret pact among four convicts. This novel humanizes Holmes in a way that had not been done in preceding writings.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minor bumping to the extremities. Small split to the cloth at the head of the spine. Internally, generally firmly bound. Some minor straining in places. Pages are bright. The odd spot to pages but unusually clean overall.
Very Good Indeed
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