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A very good copy of the fourth and final novel of Sherlock Holmes. This first UK edition has a frontpiece by Frank Wiles.� Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the upper cover and spine. Bumping on the corners and spine ends. Bleeding of the red colour onto the front pages and top upper mildly discoloured top corner. Clean end papers. Contents have a few marks on some of the pages. Hinges a little weak in places. 6 pages of advertisments.�.

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.