THE LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Slight marks to one spine. Near Fine in intact, Very Good slipcase. Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget, and others. Three 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 Holmes smoking his pipe. The definitive text edited by Edgar Smith with an introduction by Elmer Davis. 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. Copy #867 of 1500, issued unsigned. Monthly Letter laid in.