Original Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Original Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Description

Marketed as Special Limited Editions, the Fennos varied titles, cover art, and title pages over time. While my earliest copy is bound in mustard cloth, many covers feature a Gillette-like figure that ultimately surfaced on more editions from subsequent publishers than any other cover design.

School stamps and owners’ inscriptions can help establish precedence among variants. This red cloth edition has a dated school stamp, Christmas 1906, with a student’s name written in on the recto of the frontispiece. The green cloth edition features an inscription from the gift giver on the recto of the frontispiece, dated January 9, 1910.