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Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life (FIRST AMERICAN EDITION)
by A. Conan Doyle
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1894. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1894. Hardcover. Bound in textured red publishers cloth. Cover bear copper and silver foil decoration with silver foil lettering. Silver foil lettering is also on the spine. Endpapers are a dark tan. Medium-sized font. Contains advertisements from other books by the publisher at the back. iv, 307 pp. <br><br>CONDITION: Overall VG. External cover shows some general wear, particularly at the edges. Spine is sunned. Inner hinges have cracked, yet binding remains strong. Some foxing throughout, yet copy is completely unmarked except for a previous owner's name written in ink from the period, dated the year the book was published, 1894. Pagination appears complete. A nice, readable copy in a First American Edition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 070350
- Title
- Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life (FIRST AMERICAN EDITION)
- Author
- A. Conan Doyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A. Conan Doyle, Mysteries
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
We specialize in books by and about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and their Friends.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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