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An edition of The Sign of Four (1889)

The Sign of Four

Twentieth impression

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (88 ratings)
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  • 33 Currently reading
  • 142 Have read

This is the second of the four full-length Sherlock Holmes novels. In investi- gating an apparent murder in a London suburb, Holmes stumbles on the fabulous Agra treasure and gets involved in a trail of vengeance that results in a fantastic night-chase down the Thames through London 's dockland.
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John Murray
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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 John H. Watson (Fictitious character)

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1888 1857 December 1878 1882

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The Sign of Four
2018, Scholastic
paperback in English - printing (1)
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La Señal de los Cuatro
2018-08-05, LibriVox
Digital Audio in Spanish
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The Sign of the Four
2018, Standard Ebooks
in English
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The Sign of the Four
2015-06-09, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - version 4
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The Sign of the Four
2014-12-24, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - version 3
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The Sign of the Four
2013-01-19, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English - version 2 dramatic reading
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Das Zeichen der Vier
2013-08-05, LibriVox
Digital Audio in German
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De Agra-Schat: (The Sign of Four)
2010 January 11, Project Gutenberg
Epub in Dutch
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De Agra-Schat
2010-12-28, LibriVox
Digital Audio in Dutch
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Il segno dei quattro
2008, Barbera
in Italian
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The Sign of the Four
2007-03-24, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English
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El signo de los cuatro
2005-06, Punto de Lectura
Mass Market Paperback in Spanish
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Le signe des quatre
2004-01-01, Ebooks libres et gratuits
ebook in French
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The Sign of Four
2001, Broadview Press
Paperback in English
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The Sign of the Four
2000-03, Project Gutenberg
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The Sign of the Four
1994, Book of the Month Club
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Cover of: The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four
1994, Oxford University Press
Paperback in English - printing (1)
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Sherlock Holmes: Das Zeichen der Vier
1983, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung
Hardcover in German
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The Sign of Four
1971, John Murray
paperback in English - Twentieth impression
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The Sign of Four
1966, John Murray
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The Sign of the Four
1960, Hart Publishing Company
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paperback
Pagination
144p.
Number of pages
144

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL36463535M
Internet Archive
signoffour0000doyl_h1h3
ISBN 10
0719515807
ISBN 13
9780719515804
OCLC/WorldCat
439903661
Goodreads
13072637

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OL262438W

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The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.


Also contained in:
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Annotated Sherlock Holmes. 1/2
Best of Sherlock Holmes
Boys' Sherlock Holmes
Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes
Complete Sherlock Holmes
Complete Sherlock Holmes
Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
Original Illustrated Strand Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes: His Most Famous Mysteries
Sherlock Holmes: The Novels
The Sign of the Four, A Scandal in Bohemia and Other Stories
Sign of the Four and Other Stories
Tales of Sherlock Holmes
Tales of Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case.
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