A Study in Scarlet. A New Edition with a Note on Sherlock Holmes by Dr. Joseph Bell and Forty Illustrations by Geo. Hutchinson. London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, Ltd., 1893. Third Edition, later Issue. Pp xx, 224, with adverts at rear. Publisher’s quarter red cloth & buff cloth boards, lettered in gilt to upper cover & in gilt to spine. Light shelf-wear & fading to boards, contents in nice bright condition.

The first printing with Dr. Bell’s notes.

The debut of Sherlock Holmes was first published in Beeton’s 1887 Christmas Annual published by Ward, Lock and Co.