Arthur Conan Doyle — Round the Fire Stories

London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1908. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of short stories from the renowned author of the 'Sherlock' stories, Arthur Conan Doyle The first edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece by A. Castaigne. Collated, complete.An anthology of seventeen short stories by the renowned author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Arthur Conan Doyle. This collection includes tales of the grotesque and terrible, such as; 'The Leather Funnel', 'The Beetle Hunter', 'The Man with the Watches', 'The Pot of Caviare', 'The', 'Japanned Box', 'The Black Doctor', 'Playing with Fire', 'The Jew's Breastplate', 'The Lost Special', 'The Club-Footed Grocer', 'The Sealed Room', 'The Brazilian Cat', 'The Usher of Lea House School', 'The Brown Hand', 'The Fiend of the Cooperage', 'Jelland's Voyage' and 'B. 24&apos.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with slight fading to the spine with closed tears to the head and tail, minimal edge wear to the boards and damp staining to the rear board. Small tidemarks to the rear endpapers with minor spotting. Internally, binding starting in places, with generally bright pages with the odd spot. Good . Ill.: A. Castaigne. Good .