A SUPER FIND - 1902 - 'THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES' - FIRST COLONIAL EDITION

A. CONAN DOYLE REFERRED TO THIS BOOK AS 'THE INEVITABLE RELAPSE AFTER REPENTANCE' AFTER WRITING OFF SHERLOCK HOLMES  IN 1893 AS HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE KNOWN AS 'THE HOLMES MAN'  .... BUT... PUBLIC DEMAND AND MONEY ....HENCE 'THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES' - PROBABLY HIS BEST-KNOWN EDITION.   25000 COPIES WERE PRINTED MARCH 1902 - RED COVER - AND THEN 15000 IN APRIL FOR DISTRIBUTION ONLY IN INDIA AND THE BRITISH ISLANDS OF WHICH THIS IS ONE.  ALTHOUGH A LOT OF HIS COLONIAL EDITIONS WERE PRINTED FROM THE SAME PLATES BUT ON INFERIOR PAPER, THIS EDITION CONTAINS THE SHEETS OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION WITH ONLY REPLACEMENT OF THE COVER AND THE TITLE PAGE.  ILLUSTRATED WITH 16 BLACK AND WHITE PLATES BY SYDNEY PAGET - AN INTERESTING ODDITY BEING THAT, ALTHOUGH CORRECT PAGE NUMBER STATED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE ILLUSTRATION, THE INCORRECT NUMBER IS INDICATED ON 'THE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS' WITH REGARDS TO 5 OF THE PLATES EG. THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES IS ON PAGE 321 AND PAGE NO 321 IS INDICATED ON THE ILLUSTRATION ITSELF BUT IS LISTED AS BEING ON PAGE 310.

THERE IS A STICKER WITH THE NAME 'H.B. RATTRAY'  AND A SIGNATURE 'JOHAN PRETORIUS 1998' IN THE FRONT OF THE BOOK.  THE COVER ALSO HAS MARKINGS AND FADING. OTHER THAN THAT A CLEAN, NEAT TIGHTLY BOUND COPY BUT I HAVE TAKEN MANY IMAGES SO THAT YOU CAN JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.   SHIPPING WILL BE R55 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 2 PERCENT OF SELLING PRICE FOR INSURANCE. 

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