The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes
by Kaye, Marvin (Ed)
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312117973
- ISBN 13
- 9780312117979
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Soft cover. Near Fine. Collection of 53 short pieces, including early & more modern parodies, scholarly ponderings, new adventures, problematical pieces, & much more! Well annotated in Notes section + a Holmesiography. 512 pages. Thick, trade paperback looks, feels, & smells just less crisp than brand new! Completely clean, binding tight & square, very white pages. Very slight edgewear is only flaw. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010041
- Title
- The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- Kaye, Marvin (Ed)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0312117973
- ISBN 13
- 9780312117979
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- SHERLOCK HOLMES LITERARY HUMOR SATIRE LITERATURE PARODY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sherlockiana; Film/Television;
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