The Hound of The Baskervilles.
by DOYLE, [Sir] Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [PAGET, Sidney, illustrator]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in the Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Frew Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59369
- Title
- The Hound of The Baskervilles.
- Author
- DOYLE, [Sir] Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [PAGET, Sidney, illustrator]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: George Newnes, 1902.
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