Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, (1977). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. Book club edition. Collects 13 lesser known stories of suspense and horror by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, written between 1908-1921. Illustrated with drawings by Barbara Ninde Byfield. Introduction by Nina Conan Doyle Harwood, daughter-in-law of Sir Arthur. 224 pp.

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From the book:The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by some unknown person, cursed by a perverted and sinister sense of humour, has now been abandoned by all who have examined the matter. The most macabre and imagi-native of plotters would hesitate before linking his morbid fancies with the unquestioned and tragic facts which reinforce the statement. Though the assertions contained in it are amazing and even monstrous, it is none the less forcing itself upon the general intelligence that they are true, and that we must readjust our ideas to the new situation. This world of ours appears to be separated by a slight and precarious margin of safety from a most singular and unexpected danger. I will endeavour in this narrative, which reproduces the original document in its necessarily somewhat fragmentary form, to lay before the reader the whole of the facts up to date, prefacing my statement by saying that, if there be any who doubt the narrative of Joyce-Armstrong, there can be no question at all as to the facts concerning Lieutenant Myrtle, R. N., and Mr. Hay Connor, who undoubtedly met their end in the manner described.

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Seller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 84310
Title: TALES OF TERROR AND MYSTERY.
Author: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Format/Binding: Hardcover -
Book Condition: Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Jacket Condition: like
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0385114486
ISBN 13: 9780385114486
Publisher: Doubleday,
Place of Publication: Garden City, NY:
Date Published: (1977)
Keywords: short stories,
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction;

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