[DOYLE, A. CONAN]. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1902.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic work, with ''you'' for ''your'' on page 13, line 3. Leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (18.5 x 12 x 4 cm.), pp. [10], 359. English text, with illustrated plates throughout. Beautifully bound full red morocco gilt by Asprey after the original cover design by Alfred Garth Jones, with the hound stamped in black on upper cover, gilt spine with raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, all page edges gilt, watered silk endpapers, half-title, 16 illustrations by Sidney Paget (including frontispiece). Condition: FINE. An immaculate copy.
Notes: First British edition in book-form, first impression, presented in a wonderful leather binding by Asprey. The Hound of the Baskervilles was Sherlock Holmes's comeback after his shocking demise on the Reichenbach Falls stunned his loyal Victorian readership. When first serialized in the Strand Magazine in 1901 it was a great success, with queues at the publisher's office and throughout the country. Green & Gibson A26.
