Binding by Alfred Garth Jones for Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ (original) (raw)

Cloth binding for ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles

Alfred Garth Jones; signed

1902

Red cloth embellished with gilt

8 x 5½ inches inches

A sensational binding to announce a thrilling tale. Jones gives nothing away, but establishes the Hound, which he positions commandingly, as a menacing threat.

Photograph and text by Simon Cooke

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