My Friend the Murderer and Other Mysteries and Adventures
by Doyle, A. Conan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: E.A. Weeks & Company, 1895. An early collection of five stories by Doyle, from the publisher's "Handy Volume Series." The other stories are "The Silver Hatchet," "The Gully of Bluemansdyke," "The Parson of Jackman's Gulch," and "A Niht Among the Nihilists." This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition Thus. Reddish-brown cloth binding with titling and decorations in silver. Clean text; 187 pages. Previous-owner signature on the Title Page. Light rub to the margins. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector.. First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006706
- Title
- My Friend the Murderer and Other Mysteries and Adventures
- Author
- Doyle, A. Conan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- E.A. Weeks & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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