1902 - THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES - 1ST COLONIAL EDITION IN SOUTH AFRICA

A VERY RARE FIND. THE VERY FIRST BOOK EDITION OF 25000 COPIES WAS PUBLISHED BY GEORGE NEWNESS ON 25 MARCH 1902 FOLLOWED BY THE COLONIAL ISSUE OF LONGMANS, GREEN & CO ON 2 APRIL 1902 (15OOO COPIES FOR CIRCULATION ONLY IN INDIA AND THE BRITISH COLONIES AS STATED ON TITLE PAGE)  ALTHOUGH A LOT OF THE COLONIAL EDITIONS WERE PRINTED FROM THE SAME PLATES BUT ON INFERIOR PAPER, THIS EDITION CONTAINS THE SHEETS OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION WITH ONLY REPLACEMENT OF THE COVER AND THE TITLE PAGE.  ILLUSTRATED WITH 16 BLACK AND WHITE PLATES BY SYDNEY PAGET.    AN INTERESTING ERROR THAT MIGHT ADD FURTHER VALUE - ILLUSTRATION OF THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES ON PAGE 321 IS LISTED ON THE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AS PAGE 310 (ALTHOUGH MARKED CORRECTLY ON PLATE ITSELF). THERE IS A STICKER WITH THE NAME 'H.B. RATTRAY'  AND A SIGNATURE 'JOHAN PRETORIUS 1998' IN THE FRONT OF THE BOOK.  SLIGHT RUBBING AND MARKS ON COVER  BUT OVERALL A CLEAN, NEAT, TIGHTLY BOUND COPY OF THIS RARE BOOK.    19CM X 13CM WITH 359 PAGES   REFER IMAGES