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From the collection of the bibliophiles, David and Patricia Cory. With a frontispiece illustrated by Frank Wiles. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. Bumped corners and spine ends. Darkened and rubbed spine colour and spot of red is missing on the lower end. Very lightly weak hinge. Small book plate on the front paste down. Address of a previous owner written on the front free page dated June 25th 1915. Light spotting on the front pages and on page ends a little. 6pp of publishers adverts at the end.

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.