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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:optimus-printing-1894-1895-cloth-a-case-of-identity.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''A Case of Identity and Other Stories'' (1894-1895)]]<br />
[[File:optimus-printing-1894-1895-cloth-a-case-of-identity-titlepage.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Title page]]<br />
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''Optimus Printing Company'' was an American publishing book company based at 45-51 Rose Street, New York. <br />
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Between 1894 and 1895, the company published 3 novels and 5 short stories written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].<br />
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== Conan Doyle published by Optimus Printing ==<br />
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'''1894-1895'''<br />
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'''Cloth edition (50 cents)'''<br />
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* [[Beyond the City]]<br />
* [[A Study in Scarlet]]<br />
* [[SIGN|The Sign of the Four]]<br />
* ''A Case of Identity and Other Stories''<br />
** [[A Case of Identity]]<br />
** [[A Scandal in Bohemia]]<br />
** [[The Man from Archangel]]<br />
** [[The Captain of the "Pole-Star"]]<br />
** [[John Barrington Cowles]]<br />
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'''Happy Thought Library'''<br />
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* [[A Study in Scarlet]]<br />
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'''Handy Classic series'''<br />
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* ''A Case of Identity and Other Stories''<br />
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'''Standard Fiction series (25 cents)'''<br />
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* [[A Study in Scarlet]]<br />
* [[SIGN|The Sign of the Four]]<br />
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'''Rosebud edition (40 cents)'''<br />
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* No. 3 : [[A Study in Scarlet]]<br />
* No. 4 : [[SIGN|The Sign of the Four]]<br />
* No. 5 : ''A Case of Identity and Other Stories''<br />
* No. 6 : [[Beyond the City]]<br />
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== Covers ==<br />
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<gallery mode="packed" heights="300px" caption="Cloth edition"><br />
File:optimus-printing-1894-1895-cloth-beyond-the-city.jpg|[[Beyond the City]]<br />
File:optimus-printing-1894-1895-cloth-a-study-in-scarlet.jpg|[[A Study in Scarlet]]<br />
File:optimus-printing-1894-1895-cloth-a-case-of-identity.jpg|''A Case of Identity and Other Stories''<br />
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<gallery mode="packed" heights="300px" caption="Rosebud edition"><br />
File:optimus-printing-1894-1895-rosebud-beyond-the-city.jpg|[[Beyond the City]]<br />
File:optimus-printing-1894-1895-rosebud-the-sign-of-the-four.jpg|[[SIGN|The Sign of the Four]]<br />
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Note : Optimus Printing Company also published "The Siege of Sunda Grunge, by A. Conan Doyle" (''Handy Classic series'') which is a misattribution. Same for Rosebud edition No. 18 "The Hired Baby".<br />
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