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An edition of Sign of the Four and Other Stories

The Sign of the Four

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Vol. 2 of the 3-v. set published by Collier beginning in 1904.

T.p. in black and orange; title vignette is a small black and orange version of the front cover centerpiece portrait of Sherlock Holmes.

Five illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, including a black and orange frontispiece portrait of Sherlock Holmes, with caption "Solving a problem", and signed "Steele 03". Remaining four black and white illustrations are part of The Sign of the Four.

Contemporary blind-stamped dark gray cloth binding; Steele's portrait of Sherlock Holmes smoking a pipe stamped in black and gold, and signed by the engraver "DD", in center of upper board.

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Publisher
P. F. Collier & Son
Language
English
Pages
576

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Subjects
Andamanese, arrow poisons, bloguns, convict, crocodiles, Detective and mystery fiction, fiction, Fiction Classics, Indian Rebellion of 1857, launches, Literary Fiction, Mysteries of science, Mystery & Suspense, Mystery and detective fiction, Mystery fiction, novel, private investigators, Short stories, substance abuse, tea plantations, treasure, waylaying
People
Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, Mary Morstan, John Sholto, Jonathan Small, Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan, Dost Akbar, Toby, Tonga, Rajah, Mr. Sherman, Baker Street Irregulars, Bartholomew, Thaddeus Sholto, Captain Morstan
Places
England, Inglaterra, India, Langham Hotel, London, Agra Fort, Buffs, Andaman Islands, Dartmoor Prison
Times
1888, 1857, December 1878, 1882

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Table of Contents

THE SIGN OF THE FOUR
I. The Science of Deduction Page 1 II. The Statement of the Case Page 13 III. In Quest of a Solution Page 21 IV. The Story of the Baldheaded Man Page 28 V. The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge Page 42 VI. Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration Page 52 VII. The Episode of the Barrel Page 64 VIII. The Baker Street Irregulars Page 81 IX. A Break in the Chain Page 95 X. The End of the Islander Page 109 XI. The Great Agra Treasure Page 122 XII. The Strange Story of Jonathan Small Page 130
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The Mystery of Sasassa Valley Page 167 The American's Tale Page 185 Our Derby Sweepstakes Page 197 A Night Among the Nihilists Page 233 Bones Page 252 Elias B. Hopkins Page 296 John Barrington Cowles Page 319 The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange Page 357 The Captain of the "Pole-Star" Page 384 J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement Page 421 The Great Keinplatz Experiment Page 469 The Man from Archangel Page 494 That Little Square Box Page 529

Edition Notes

First Impression.

Spine title: Conan Doyle's Best Books Vol. II: Stories of Sherlock Holmes

Series
Conan Doyle's Best Books in Three Volumes, Vol. II
Other Titles
Sign of Four; Conan Doyle's Best Books Vol. II: Stories of Sherlock Holmes

Classifications

Library of Congress
828 D7535si 19--, PR 4621 C65 v.2

Contributors

Engraver
DD
Illustrator
Frederic Dorr Steele
Owner
Erindale College Library (now University of Toronto Mississauga)

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
558 p., 5 leaves of plates : col. front., ill. ; 21 cm.
Number of pages
576

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25225062M
Internet Archive
bestbooks02doyluoft
OCLC/WorldCat
431372002, 50952853, 421994751, 247101954, 5517213, 557688688, 12021078, 655925585
National Library of Australia
2418631
Hathi Trust
000208192
Canadian National Library Archive
29599064
Goodreads
50396822

Work Description

Contains:
Sign of Four
The mystery of Sasassa Valley --
The American's tale --
Our Derby sweepstakes --
A night among the nihilists --
Bones --
Elias B. Hopkins --
John Barrington Cowles --
The secret of Goresthorpe Grange --
The captain of the "Pole-Star" --
J. Habakuk Jephson's statement --
The great Keinplatz experiment --
The man from Archangel --
That little square box.

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