[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'', page 13. Cloth-bound, hardcover, octavo (19 x 13 x 4 cm), pp. 359. English text, with illustrated plates throughout. Publisher's original pictorial black and gilt-stamped red cloth designed by Alfred Garth Jones, initial and terminal blanks, half-title, 16 illustrations by Sidney Paget. Condition: VERY GOOD. Contents complete. Binding tight, secure and square, the hinges and joints perfectly intact. Minor bumping of the spine ends, the points very slightly rubbed. Covers largely clean else for a couple of faint splash marks to rear. Contents well-preserved with a few trivial fox spots and a contemporary gift inscription to the front endpaper. An excellent copy and scarce thus.
Notes: First edition in book-form, first impression. 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.
