The Sign of the Four and A Study in Scarlet

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Title

The Sign of the Four and A Study in Scarlet

Coverage

New York

Publisher

Frank A. Munsey

Date

Dec. 25, 1897; May 14, 1898

Subject

Early piracies, priced at 2¢, in original printed wrappers

Description

These Red Seal Library books are the lowest-priced piracies on my shelves, and it is scarcely conceivable that Munsey could have printed, distributed, and sold them for just 2¢ apiece. Munsey also pioneered the 10¢ magazine and owned 17 newspapers in the first two decades of the 20th century, earning the epithet “executioner of newspapers” by consolidating and closing many of them.

Source

Red Seal Library of Standard Books, No. 1 (Sign); Red Seal Library of Standard Books, No. 30 (Study)