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Two issue states of the Canadian edition. The first item has a cancel title
page, suggesting an earlier printing than the second item, which does not.
Green & Gibson: "2,504 copies were supplied in the first instance,
followed by a further 401 copies."
For Sale:
1. Doyle, A. Conan. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. Another Adventure of
Sherlock Holmes. Toronto, Morang, 1902. First Canadian edition.
Illustrated with a frontis and eleven other plates by Sydney Paget.
Title page is a cancel. Red cloth, decorated on the cover with a circular
portrait of Holmes, and printed, all in white, on cover and spine. 1-(249),
(1 blank) pp. plus 8 pp. of publisher's ads. Green & Gibson A26d (with no
mention of ads). The foot of each page of advertisements carries the Morang
imprint. Moderate wear. Fraying at the head of the spine. White cover
lettering intact. White spine lettering is gone. Covers slightly soiled.
Small dark soiled spot in the rear joint. Slight spine lean. Clean
internally. Very good.
This Canadian edition (2,905 copies), called the Canadian issue of First
American edition by Green & Gibson, is considerably scarcer than the first
English (25,000 copies) or the American (70,000 copies) editions. Scan
available. $1,600.00 U.S.
2. Doyle, A. Conan. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. Another Adventure of
Sherlock Holmes. Toronto, Morang, 1902. First Canadian edition.
Illustrated with a frontis and eleven other plates by Sydney Paget.
Red cloth, decorated on the cover with a circular portrait of
Holmes, and printed, all in white, on cover and spine. 1-(249), (1 blank)
pp., plus 8 pp. of publisher's ads. Green & Gibson A26d (with no mention
of ads). The foot of each page of advertisements carries the Morang
imprint. Moderate wear. Fraying at the corners and spine ends. White
cover lettering intact. Spine lettering still about 90% present but
somewhat dimmed. Covers slightly soiled, spine a bit darkened, small water
spot on front cover, slight spine lean, two ink names on the front free
endpaper. Clean internally. Very good.
This Canadian edition (2,905 copies), called the Canadian issue of First
American edition by Green & Gibson, is considerably scarcer than the first
English (25,000 copies) or the American (70,000 copies) editions. Scan
available. $1,100.00 U.S.
Stephen Longshore
Adjala bookshop
Box 23025
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada N4T 1R9
adjala at (no spam) execulink.com
519-539-4235 |
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