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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE THISTLE OF SCOTLAND
by Greenwood, L. B
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0671659162
- ISBN 13
- 9780671659165
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York / London / Toronto / Sydney / Tokyo: Simon and Schuster, 1989. First edition. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First printing of this suspenseful Holmes and Watson pastiche about a missing jewel of royal Scotland. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original quarter red cloth, red paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($17.95) glossy pictorial dust jacket designed by Wendell Minor. 205, [1] pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Jacket with minor rubbing and toning to verso. Book with tiny bumps to extremities. Interior clean and sharp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46311
- Title
- SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE THISTLE OF SCOTLAND
- Author
- Greenwood, L. B
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671659162
- ISBN 13
- 9780671659165
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York / London / Toronto / Sydney / Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Sherlockiana,20th century,Mystery,1980s,Thriller,Canadian,Woman Author
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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