1973 Fine Bayntun Binding - The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Long StoriesAuthor: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Title: The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Long Stories. Publisher: London, John Murray and Jonathan Cape, 1973. Language: Text in English. Size: 7" x 5". Pages: ix 571 pages. Binding: Exquisite and fine full blue morocco leather binding by Bayntun of Bath, England, signed Bayntun Binder, Bath, Eng. to the upper margin of the front free endpaper. Spine richly decorated in gilt with raised bands, ornate gilt tooling, and

richly adorned with an elaborate gilt-stamped design on the front cover

Fragolette

Wyeth are a hallmark of this edition

it offers a fascinating window into Victorian attitudes toward death

decorated and lettered in black with charming fairy silhouettes on cover and spine (hinges fine

Seventeenth thousand [first edition

underlining its prestigious intended readership

true to the distinct whimsical style of Dr

It also includes a glossary of words

one of the classics of children's literature

Translator Sarah Austin translated this timeless tale from the German original by Friedrich Wilhelm Carové

Publisher: Paris: Chez Guillaume de Luynes et Pierre Ribou