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[Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE of the fourth full-length Holmes adventure in its entirety. Two volumes. Octavo (24 x 17cm). Complete in nine monthly parts, running September through May. The first issue features a colour portrait of Holmes and a full page colour frontispiece of the great detective illustrated by Frank Wiles. The serial parts of this novel are illustrated throughout- the first edition in book form features only a solitary frontispiece illustration. Bound in contemporary dark blue leather over cloth sides. A little expected toning and spotting, covers pleasingly aged, spine ends rubbed. Very good, and rather scarce. Green and Gibson A39, DeWaal. BMC No.261, p.62-73 'Collecting The Strand'.

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.