A Study in Scarlet : A Sherlock Holmes Murder Mystery, Based on the Famous Story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++
- ISBN 10
- 1850520453
- ISBN 13
- 9781850520450
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
Item Price
£6.94£3.47
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About This Item
London: Peerage Books, 1985. Oversized glossy durable pictorial hardcover without dust jacket, originally published by Webb & Bower in the form of a dossier, First Thus in book form, unpaginated (roughly 200 pages in numerous different colours), marbled endpapers (so Victorian), some pages blank on reverse, others very densely packed with small print , in addition to a map of 19th century London and black-and-white photographs;---"Examine the evidence for yourself, read the diaries, telegrams and newspaper reports as they were collected by Dr. Watson---";---very gently read, if at all, just the tiniest traces of shelf wear other than a dent to the back bottom edge, very clean and unmarked throughout. See also our listing for The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook: Fifty years of occassional articles, newspaper cuttings, letters, memoirs, anecdotes, pictures, photographs and drawings relating to the great Detective. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++.
Synopsis
A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous and iconic literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042132
- Title
- A Study in Scarlet : A Sherlock Holmes Murder Mystery, Based on the Famous Story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1850520453
- ISBN 13
- 9781850520450
- Publisher
- Peerage Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- BRITISH FICTION FICTIONAL WORKS MYSTERY DETECTIVE STRAND AUTHOR LITERARY LONDON Victorian 19th Century HISTORICAL ENGLAND English Crime Murder Cinema Tv Series Tie-in Film Television movies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film and Television; Mystery/Espionage/Suspense Fiction;
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