![]() The novel was first published in book form, again under the title The Sign of Four, in October 1890. In the months after its initial publication in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, the novel was serialized in several regional British newspapers under the title of The Sign of Four. Surviving copies of both editions now change hands for several thousand dollars. The British edition was priced at one shilling. The American edition was priced at twenty-five cents. The magazine was published in London and Philadelphia. The novel was first published in its entirety, under the title The Sign of the Four or The Problem of the Sholtos, in the February 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. ![]() ![]() It is the second of sixty stories which make up the Sherlock Holmes Canon. It is the second of four novels which Doyle wrote that are based around the characters of the brilliant consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler Dr. The Sign of the Four is a mystery novel by the British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Front cover of an 1892 edition of The Sign of the Four. ![]()
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