This well-preserved first printing is near fine, no marks, pages are tight and appear unread, the book is tight, square, and near fine. The dust jacket is near fine, blue cloth boards, and bright gilt lettering on the spine of the book. Sherlock Holmes: The Long Stories (The Golden Heritage Series) is a 1987 edition produced by Galley Press. It is a collection of the four full-length Sherlock Holmes novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The volume includes A Study in Scarlet (1887), the first Holmes novel, which introduces Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson; The Sign of Four (1890); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902); and The Valley of Fear (1915). Galley Press, a UK-based publisher, produced a range of classic literature collections in the 1980s. This edition was designed to be an elegant, collectible volume, featuring gold embossing and decorative elements.