Title
The Doings of Raffles Haw
Coverage
New York
Publisher
Lovell, Coryell & Company
Date
1891
Subject
First clothbound book appearance, with four Sherlockian stories
Description
This copy of Raffles Haw has hidden treasures for readers, with four Sherlockian tales. “The Red-Headed League” and “The Boscombe Valley Mystery” follow Raffles and continue its pagination, ending on page 199. Next comes “A Scandal in Bohemia,” starting out of sequence on page 185. The last story, “A Case of Identity,” continues the pagination of “Scandal.” On the title page verso is the imprint of Lovell’s successor company, United States Book Company, and an 1891 copyright, indicating this volume may be Raffles’s first clothbound book appearance.