Doyle, Arthur Conan.

The Hound of the Baskervilles – Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.

First Tauchnitz Copyright Edition [1st of May 1902]. Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1902. Small Octavo. 270 pages. Hardcover / Private half-leather of the Haugaard-Family in Denmark with Initials of Erik Haugaard’s grandfather stamped into board and on titlepage. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear, presenting as some rubbing to the spine. With three minor manuscript entries to the last page: “Leest” [Translating from Danish as “Read”]: I. le Juni 1902 / II. 8 Nvbr 1933 / 3. 6 MRTS.1945. Extremely rare, published shortly (only five weeks) after the True First Book-Edition. Rare in this excellent condition. From the private library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator, Erik Haugaard, with his Exlibris to the pastedown. [Tauchnitz edition – Collection of British Authors, Vol. 3571].

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely in Dartmoor, Devon, in England’s West Country and follows Holmes and Watson investigating the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his apparent death in “The Final Problem”, and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character’s eventual revival. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Arthur Conan Doyle · Catalogue No.10 – International Literature · English Literature – Rare · English Literature of the 20th century · Irish History · Sherlock Holmes
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 32328AB

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