His Last Bow: A Reminiscense of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
Item Price
A$20.70A$16.56
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About This Item
New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1917. Book. Good. Hardcover. Brown cloth with black titles. Boards clean with moderate shelf wear, light bumping at edges. Binding cracked at front hinge with webbing visible; intact, but with a good deal of play. Penciled name on front end paper, else unmarked & clean. Reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
His Last Bow is a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories (eight in American, and some British, editions) by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the title of one of the stories in that collection. Originally published in 1917, it contains the various Holmes stories published between 1908 and 1913, as well as the one-off title story from 1917.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 073219
- Title
- His Last Bow: A Reminiscense of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Publisher
- A. L. Burt Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- FICTION MYSTERY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Small World Books, LLC
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About Small World Books, LLC
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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