Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by A. Conan Doyle
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair+
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Fair-plus hardcover: Harper & Brothers, 1930. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Former library book with typical markings. Blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering (partially faded); corners bumped & beginning to fray. Spine is age-darkened. Binding is good. Inside pages are clean. A good reading copy. We ship within 24 hours in most cases.
Synopsis
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, originally published as single stories in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The book was published in England on October 14 1892 by George Newnes Ltd and in a US Edition on October 15 by Harper. The initial combined print run was 14,500 copies.
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- Bookseller
- Meteor Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 381
- Title
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- A. Conan Doyle
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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