THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.
by DOYLE**, Sir ARTHUR CONAN:
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UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,illustrated,1st edn thus.FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued.Bright,clean,purple cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters and Holmes sihouette to upper,with dark green leather(?) blind spine with gilt decoration and letters to spine/backstrip. Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Upper board, bright,gilt blind-stamped letters and decoration;Holmes in deerstalker cap and smoking his pipe.Immaculate grey,stipple-effect endpapers,with 8 full-page,sepia colour illustrations by Richard Lebenson,a New York- based artist,a graduate of the Pratt Institute - especially commissioned by Reader's Digest for this particular edition.UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj as issued,illustrated 1st edn thus,11-270pp includes half-title,part colour illustrated title page,contents+illustrations lists,12 chapters,Fred Strebeigh excerpted afterword.The 12 stories include The Adventure(s) of the: Blue Carbuncle, Speckled Band, Engineer's Thumb, Noble Bachelor, Beryl Coronet, Copper Beeches, and A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips and The Man with the Twisted Lip. A volume from the Reader's Digest World's Best Reading series. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct,insured shipping P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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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- Title
- THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.
- Author
- DOYLE**, Sir ARTHUR CONAN:
- Illustrator
- illus by Richard Lebenson.
- Format/Binding
- UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,illustrated,1st edn thus.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- No dw/dj,as issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,illus,1st edn thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- LONDON.READER'S DIGEST,2001.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB,illus 1st edn thus.No ISBN.Victorian detective fiction.Fictional detectives_Sherlock Holmes_Dr Watson.Richard Lebenson_Pratt Institute.221B Baker Street.Dr Joseph Bell.A Study in Scarlet.Sherrinford Holmes.Beeton's.
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- MODERN FIRSTS2;
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