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First edition, first printing, of the fourth and final book in the Sherlock Holmes series. It preceded the British edition by three months. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Frontispiece and 6 plates by Arthur I. Keller. Pencilled ownership inscription of one J. M. Ackerley to front free endpaper. A fine copy, square and fresh, in slightly worn dust jacket, shallow creases and short closed tears to extremities, a bright and unusally well-preserved example. Green & Gibson A39.c.

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.