Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1994 Book of the Month Club Illustrated Edition hardcover

This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 1994 Book of The Month Club New York. This copy is crisp and clean inside and out. The pages are crisp, clean and free of markings. The tan w brown half cloth hardcover boards under jacket are accented w gold title lettering on spine. Hardcover boards are also near fine. The dust jacket is clean and near fine with only a hint of shelf wear. Illustrated endpapers front and back endpapers. Standard octavo size or 6" x 9" with 259 pages.

The Book of the Month Club, New York published this illustrated set of hardcovers that was comprised of 4 novels and 56 short stories. Designed to be handsome display sets, they are a nice collection of literary classic from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his beloved sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. In 1886, Doyle created a character who would come to be known as the greatest sleuth of all time. Holmes first appearance came in A Study in Scarlet, and his "final" appearance came when Doyle tired of his character and The Final Problem, a last Holmes story, was published in the Strand Magazine in 1893. Readers were so disappointed at the thought of Holmes being discontinues that 20,000 cancelled their subscription to the magazine and eventually they had their way when Doyle revived the character two years later.

Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes paint a fascinating portrait of the detective at his best. Readers are treated to an account of Holmes' first case. A total of 11 stories fill the pages along w over 20 illustrations and handsome frontispiece.

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