London: John Murray, 1917. First edition, 8 vo. in publishers red cloth with gilt and embossed lettering on cover and spine. Six pages of ads in end. Book plate adhered to interior of front cover. Shaken, lightly stained covers, small hole on spine. Spine brittle and splitting. Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1944. Edited by Ellery Queen, 8 vo., first edition. Black cloth with printed cover and spine with red. poor DJ in parts included. Tight clean copy. The most important anthology of Sherlockiana; 356 pages plus the editors' 14 page introduction. The introduction also precedes each story. The anthology was banned by the Doyle estate after several printings. Chinese cabinet, top shelf.
300/500 Sold $149.50
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