The final adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Writer:
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Editor:
Smith, Edgar W.
Contributor:
Boucher, Anthony
Contributor:
Morley, Christopher
Illustrator:
Steele, Frederick Dorr
Illustrator:
Paget, Sidney
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dwiggins, William Addison
Printer:
Beilenson, Peter
Printer:
Photogravure and Color Company
Binder (person):
Russell-Rutter Company
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ; a definitive text, corrected and edited by Edgar W. Smith ; illustrated with a selective collation of the original illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget & others.
Contents: v.1. The valley of fear / with a new introduction by Anthony Boucher -- v.2. The case book of Sherlock Holmes / with a new introduction by Christopher Morley ; and an epilogue by Edgar W. Smith.
2 v. (xxii, 1385-1777 p.), [40] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John
Production date: AD 1952
"Part of a series of eight volumes which contain the complete works of Sherlock Holmes." "... planned by W. A. Dwiggins ... the composition and the printing of the text were done by Peter Beilenson in Mount Vernon and the reproduction of the illustrations was done by the Photogravure and Color Company in New York. The edition consists of fifteen hundred copies..."--Colophon Museum has copy no. 485. Quarter bound in gold-stamped black linen with wallpaper sides with cameo decoration
Support composed of paper
Accession number: PB 232-2003
Primary reference Number: 95755
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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