[Rarebooks] FS: SHERLOCK HOLMES in 8 volumes, the Definitive text, Designed by W. A. Dwiggins, with photogravure reproductions of the original illustrations

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DOYLE, Arthur Conan. THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES together with THE 
LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES and THE FINAL ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK 
HOLMES. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1950 & 1952. Eight octavo 
volumes (6" x 9-1/8") bound in gilt-stamped quarter black linen and 
wall-paper sides with a cameo decoration reproducing the section of the 
wall over the mantel in Mrs. Hudson's chambers at 221B baker Street 
showing two examples of Sherlock Holmes's prowess in emblazoning the 
initials of Victoria Regina "in bullet-pocks," with the cameo being a 
portrait of the shooter smoking his pipe. The definitive text edited by 
Edgar Smith with an introduction by Vincent Starrett. Designed by W. A. 
Dwiggins with a selective collation of the original illustrations by 
Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget, and others, reproduced as sheet-fed 
photogravures. Of a total of 1500 copies, this copy is not numbered (in 
place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and bears the 
Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 25 presentation copies, with the 
first set's stamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies. Issued 
unsigned. The complete LEC Holmes. Near Fine in Very Good slipcases with 
typical rubbing and the slipcase for the final set split along the top 
edge. (#016300)        $500.00

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