The Adventures of Picklock Holes
by Lehmann, R.C
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0915230089
- ISBN 13
- 9780915230082
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boulder: The Aspen Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Introduction by Tom and Enid Scahntz with original illustrations from Punch. Limited to 250 hardbound copies, this copy inscribed by Tom and Enid Schantz on the front endpaper. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($10.00), faintly rubbed at the edges. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A reprinting of the "earliest known Sherlockian parody cycle," consisting of eight burlesques.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8366
- Title
- The Adventures of Picklock Holes
- Author
- Lehmann, R.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0915230089
- ISBN 13
- 9780915230082
- Publisher
- The Aspen Press
- Place of Publication
- Boulder
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction, Detective Fiction, Sherlock Holmes, Short Stories, Arthur Conan Doyle, 19th Century Fiction,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- Fine
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