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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (The World's Best Reading)
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0895773201
- ISBN 13
- 9780895773203
- Seller
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About This Item
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: Readers Digest Association, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Fine Condition. Unabridged, No jacket, as issued. Navy leatherette spine over brown leatherette boards; gilt lettering and portrait of the classic Holmes silhouette with hat and pipe portrait on front, bold gilt lettering on spine. Gilt is sharp and bright. Tight and solid with green and gold endbands. Illustrated title page. Illustrations by Sergio Martinez. Afterword by George Fletcher. Internals Pristine. Stories by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with fictional detective Sherlock Holmes of 221 Baker Street, London. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in a novel in 1887. This book includes: "The Musgrave Ritual", "The Crooked Man", "The Naval Treaty", and more, culminating with "The Final Problem", with Holmes last seen tumbling over the Reichenbach Falls while struggling with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty . Very handsome volume. 256 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, NY 1988.
Synopsis
From the book:"I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go," said Holmes, as we sat down together to our breakfast one morning. "Go! Where to?" "To Dartmoor; to King's Pyland." I was not surprised. Indeed, my only wonder was that he had not already been mixed upon this extraordinary case, which was the one topic of conversation through the length and breadth of England. For a whole day my companion had rambled about the room with his chin upon his chest and his brows knitted, charging and recharging his pipe with the strongest black tobacco, and absolutely deaf to any of my questions or remarks. Fresh editions of every paper had been sent up by our news agent, only to be glanced over and tossed down into a corner. Yet, silent as he was, I knew perfectly well what it was over which he was brooding. There was but one problem before the public which could challenge his powers of analysis, and that was the singular disappearance of the favorite for the Wessex Cup, and the tragic murder of its trainer. When, therefore, he suddenly announced his intention of setting out for the scene of the drama it was only what I had both expected and hoped for.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023891
- Title
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (The World's Best Reading)
- Author
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0895773201
- ISBN 13
- 9780895773203
- Publisher
- Readers Digest Association
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- SHERLOCK HOLES; WATSON; ENGLISH MYSTERY; 19TH-20TH CENTURIES LONDON , ENGLAND; DETECTIVES; 221 BAKER STREET;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Mystery, British & Other Countries;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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