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THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
by DOYLE, A. CONAN
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1894., 1894.. First edition. First edition, first state. Dark blue cloth, black illustration of The Strand Library on the front cover, titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover and spine, all edges gold gilt, frontispiece (The Death of Sherlock Holmes), [6], 279 pp., illustrated. Housed in a cloth slipcase with leather label on the spine and titles stamped in gold gilt. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Near fine, nice, tight, square copy. Contains eleven stories beginning with Silver Blaze and ending with The Final Problem. An attractive copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39498
- Title
- THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
- Author
- DOYLE, A. CONAN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Newnes, Limited, 1894.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894.
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About the Seller
BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania
About BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and rare books dealing with Mystery and Western Americana. Books in the mystery field include not only Mystery, but also Detective, Espionage, and Adventure Fiction. Our Western Americana Section offers books about the development of the American West. All books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Edges
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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