The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle circa 1950's Modern Library Classic Literary Mystery Detective books

This is a very good hardcover, NO dust jacket, jacket missing. Circa 1950's Modern Library. This copy is very good inside and out. The inside pages are very good and clean. NOTE: previous owners name neatly written in script inside front cover. The binding is tight and straight. Blue hardcover boards are also very good and clean with light shelf wear corners/edges and feature gold Modern Library logo front along with title lettering. Smaller typical Modern Library size, crown octavo book size or 5" x 7.5" with 612 pages.

Boni & Liveright began publishing series of books in 1917. They were extremely popular, especially with students, as they were copies of great literature and topics that were priced for the general public. The publishing firm of Boni Liveright started the series, as the idea stemmed from Albert Boni. The first title published was The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. Early editions were published in "pocket book" size for easy carrying to read anywhere and they were bound in leatherette. Boni & Liveright was sold in 1925 and transformed into Modern Library. In 1927, Random House was borne out of Modern Library and pictorial dust jackets were introduced to the series, along with hardcover boards. As publishing changed, Modern Library fell to the wayside but was "reintroduced" in the 1970's. Early editions are collectibles and later titles remain favorites as many collect Modern Library editions of all ages.

This is The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Contents include both The Adventures of Sherlock and The Memoirs of Sherlock.