THE SIGN OF FOUR
First edition in book form, first issue, of the second ever Sherlock Holmes story, in which Watson meets his future wife.
First edition in book form, first issue, of the second ever Sherlock Holmes story, in which Watson meets his future wife.
First edition of the first modern Western novel featuring a time machine, published eight years before THE TIME MACHINE by H.G. Wells.
A collection of early editions of four Victorian mysteries, written just before and during Sherlock Holmes' elevation of the genre, bound together after publication.
First edition, first issue of this enormously influential Lost World work, formative in its genre.
First edition in book form of this suspenseful romance with an active, adventurous heroine, the drama turning on questions of power and property.
Special cloth-bound edition, the first hardcover edition, of this sensation novel by one of the most popular women writers of dime novels, who specialized in romances and dramas for working-class girls and women.
First editions of two volumes of the Edinburgh detective's tales of Victorian crime and punishment.
Uncommon and stylish French edition of the ur-Gothic novel, with the finest paperback cover illustration ever offered to Ann Radcliffe in any language.
Early Republic American edition of an altered version of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's work, featuring a happy ending not present in the original.
First edition thus of the striking movie-tie in edition, in beautiful condition.
First edition, first issue of the satirical time travel fantasy, composed after Twain had read Malory's famous version of the legends of the knights of the Round Table.
Second edition of this tragic story of a woman driven mad by a scheming lover, owned by author and socialite Dorothy Una Ratcliffe.