THE CRAIG KENNEDY SERIES - 12 VOLUME SET
by Reeve, Arthur B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
mansfield, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers. NY., 1918 Uniformly bound 12 volume set with each book about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches and three to four hundred pages. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. Each book with a frontis illustration on glossy paper; first nine by Will Foster; remaining three unattributed. Early detective fiction following in the Sherlock Holmes footsteps. Really great read if you are a fan of the evolution of detective stories. The original stories were published from 1910 to 1917 and this compilation was probably published around 1918. Titles in the series are: The Silent Bullet; The Poisoned Pen; The Dream Doctor; The War Terror; The Social Gangster; The Treasure Train; The Ear In The Wall; Gold Of The Gods; Exploits Of Elaine; The Romance Of Elaine; Guy Garrick; Constance Dunlap. Quite scarce in nice condition as a complete set. One page chipped with loss of some text; one page with edge tear and slight text loss; one page with small edge tear; previous owner bookplate at front of each book. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- the book scot (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13130
- Title
- THE CRAIG KENNEDY SERIES - 12 VOLUME SET
- Author
- Reeve, Arthur B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers. NY.
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- DETECTIVE FICTION, SHERLOCK HOLMES PASTICHE, WILL FOSTER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
the book scot
Biblio member since 2006
mansfield, Missouri
About the book scot
I am a general line dealer with a specialty in books about Scotland and by Scots.
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- Gilt
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