London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece by A. Castaigne. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Red cloth, faded at the spine, with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges, former owner's stamp inside the front board, clean otherwise. Conan Doyle's collection of stories "concerned with the grotesque and the terrible.

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Bookseller: Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10275
Title: Round the Fire Stories
Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1908
Keywords: Short Stories, 20th Century Fiction, British Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery

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