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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

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London: John Murray, 1944 Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. Conan Doyle Uniform Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. DJ missing 1 1/2 inch strip across lower bottom of reverse, extending across base of spine and for a length of 1 1/2 inches into obverse. Twelve stories: A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red-Headed League; A Case of Identity; The Boscombe Valley Mystery; The Five Orange Pips; The Man with the Twisted Lip; The Blue Carbuncle; The Speckled Band; The Engineer's Thumb; The Noble Bachelor; The Beryl Coronet; and The Copper Beeches. 344 pp..

Synopsis

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, originally published as single stories in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The book was published in England on October 14 1892 by George Newnes Ltd and in a US Edition on October 15 by Harper. The initial combined print run was 14,500 copies.

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Bookseller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
010746
Title
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Author
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good to Very Good
Jacket Condition
Fair
Edition
Conan Doyle Uniform Edition
Publisher
John Murray
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1944
Size
12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Keywords
NOISBN Mystery. Bohemia. Carbuncle. Thumb.
Bookseller catalogs
Mystery;

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Dave Shoots, Bookseller

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Saint John, New Brunswick

About Dave Shoots, Bookseller

We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Uniform Edition
A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...

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