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First UK edition. Original red cloth lettered in gilt. A fine copy. Some foxing to the page edges, but cloth supremely clean and gilt bright with no fading to the spine. An exceptional copy, housed in an chemise and slipcase. Black and white frontispiece of Sherlock Holmes by Frank Wiles. The fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel. Green & Gibson A39a.

The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. It recounts the detective's investigation into a murder at Birlstone Manor. The story is divided into two parts; the first details Holmes' investigation, while the second provides the background to the events leading up to the murder.