The book, one of the rarest in modern times, is all the more special as the Edinburgh-born author signed it, making it one of only two inscribed copies of a Sherlock Holmes novel in existence.
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Half-a-million for a book? Elementary, my dear Watson
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle only received £25 for his efforts, but this week someone could pay nearly half a million pounds for a copy of his first Sherlock Holmes adventure, A Study in Scarlet.
