A Study in Scarlet (1891 Illustrated Edition): 100th Anniversary Collection

I fell back easily into Holmes/Watson stories I enjoyed years ago---Arthur Conan Doyle was great and still is!!!

The cover is from the "Beeton's Christmas Annual". The text and illustrations in the book are taken from the Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co. edition of 1891. It is not a facsimile but more of a recreation. SeaWolf Press uses fonts that are consistent with those used at the time. Some of the English spellings of particular words have been converted to the American spellings.I bought this primarily to have an illustrated version. I'm very glad I did. The illustrations greatly enhance the story. On the frontispiece is the infamous illustration by David Henry Friston for the "Beeton's Christmas Annual". The rest of the illustrations are fine reproductions of George Hutchinson's work. Each chapter has a vignette or Chapter End Ornament. The last, rather than being a decorative flourish as the others, is an illustration of a "four wheeler" being driven by a cabbie. The title page says there are forty illustrations. However I counted them several times and there are actually 41. If the four wheeler and cabbie vignette is included that is 42 and if Friston's illustration is counted that's 43.The book is 6 inches x 9 inches and 143 pages. It's a well put together book with a nice waxy cover, high quality paper and good binding. The print and illustrations are crisp and clear. It is more than worth the price.

It was really fun reading the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes. The book is really nice, and very collectable having the original magazine cover on it. Everything to me seems correct, not sure what the previous reviews about the incorrect place of birth are coming from. If your a Holmes fan, and want to read his first appearance I would highly recommend this edition.

I love getting the feel of the first editions through the fonts, formatting and original illustrations that SeaWolf uses. No other reprints do this for so low a price. This is seriously the only version anyone should ever buy!

Very nice interior print, not hard to read or blurry. Pictures are such fun too!

A different angle on the standard Holmes stories. Well worth the read.

Bought for daughter. Good price and came quickly

Product is fine. Arrival of book took 23 days.

Good

El libro llegó en muy buenas condiciones, los únicos detalles fueron que las imágenes no son de la calidad que esperaba (están un tanto borrosas) y la biografía del autor trae datos diferentes en la parte trasera del libro y en la parte interna, en una dice que el autor nació en Escocia y en otra dice que en Inglaterra.Pero fuera de eso creo que es un gran libro.

ACD is always worth a read, the quality of the book was just ok, bit flimsy readable.

O livro é muito bom, em todos os aspectos esse romance policial supera as expectativas, inclusive foi o livro que no ano de 2013 me despertou para a leitura, a partir dele e de toda a obra de Arthur Conan Doyle, eu me tornei um ávido leitor. Inicialmente o li em português, mas estava ansioso para lê-lo em inglês, posso dizer que a nostalgia de ter relido esse livro misturado com a emoção de ler na língua que o próprio autor escreveu foram essenciais para a avaliação de cinco estrelas aqui deixada.

good packing. on time delivery.illustrated version as in the original publication! ( not by Sidney Paget)