The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1st ed.

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Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
Title: The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Place Published: New York
Publisher:McClure, Phillips & Co.
Date Published: 1905
Description:

13 plate illustrations by Charles Raymond Macauley. (8vo) publisher's pictorial cloth. First American Edition.

"The author was persuaded to revive Sherlock Holmes by the generous offers made by the proprietors of the American magazine...thirteen stories were written, among them some of the most interesting in the whole series. 'The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton' is a good example." Green and Gibson, A29c. Previous owner's name and bookseller's label on front free endpaper.
Condition Report: Rubbing with bumps at ends of faded spine, yellow cover stamp flaking, some soil; hinges cracked, small stain to fore-edge, good.