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Secondhand Hardcover in Very Good Condition. Gilt Edged Pages
ARCTURUS
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Sherlock Holmes and the faithful Dr Watson are featured here in a series of twelve of their earliest cases. They include ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’ where, uniquely, Holmes is outwitted – by a beautiful woman; ‘The Red-Headed League’, which begins with a bizarre newspaper advertisement for red-haired men; and ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’, in which the great detective traces a sinister whistling sound to its lethal source.
First published month by month in The Strand Magazine (1891–92), the stories are illustrated by Sidney Paget, who created the image of Holmes…








