Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1977. 224 Pages. Very good condition with light rubbing at top & bottom edge of spine and previous owner's name written on front free endpaper. Jacket is very good with minor rubbing and chipping at edges. . 1st U.S. Edition. Red Bds. w/black Cloth Spine. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Byfield, Barbara Ninde. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

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From the book:The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by some unknown person, cursed by a perverted and sinister sense of humour, has now been abandoned by all who have examined the matter. The most macabre and imagi-native of plotters would hesitate before linking his morbid fancies with the unquestioned and tragic facts which reinforce the statement. Though the assertions contained in it are amazing and even monstrous, it is none the less forcing itself upon the general intelligence that they are true, and that we must readjust our ideas to the new situation. This world of ours appears to be separated by a slight and precarious margin of safety from a most singular and unexpected danger. I will endeavour in this narrative, which reproduces the original document in its necessarily somewhat fragmentary form, to lay before the reader the whole of the facts up to date, prefacing my statement by saying that, if there be any who doubt the narrative of Joyce-Armstrong, there can be no question at all as to the facts concerning Lieutenant Myrtle, R. N., and Mr. Hay Connor, who undoubtedly met their end in the manner described.

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Bookseller: Bertram Books And Fine Art (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 011718
Title: TALES OF TERROR AND MYSTERY
Author: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Illustrator: Byfield, Barbara Ninde
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st U.S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0385114486
ISBN 13: 9780385114486
Publisher: Doubleday & Company
Place of Publication: Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1977
Keywords: Sherlockiana, Mystery, Suspense
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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