Mysteries and Adventures

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

£2,250 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Walter Scott, March 1890 . Strange tales FIRST EDITION, first impression. A major Doyle rarity. Octavo 16 x 12cm , pp.249 1 . Elegantly hand bound in half tan calf over marbled boards. Bound without the ads. Originally issued in pink paper covers, lacking from this copy and showing some wear to the presumably exposed final leaf vintage repair at fore-edge . Contents otherwise clean, exterior is fine. A used yet serviceable copy of a scarce book.

• Printing: first

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