The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
by Starrett, Vincent
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Belfast, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. viii, 214 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has considerable darkening, chipping at edges, darkening to spine that has faded titling, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling and profile of Sherlock Holmes on cover. Some darkening and scuffing to covers. Interior quite clean with overall darkening of pages due to quality of paper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30497
- Title
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- Starrett, Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
Payment by check or money order (made out to Craig Olson Books), Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, PayPal. All books subject to prior sale. Libraries, institutions, established customers, and dealers may be invoiced. Reciprocal trade discounts extended. Books may be returned for any reason within ten days of receipt, through prior arrangement, and in original condition. Unless books are not as described, however, postage will be paid by buyer.
About the Seller
Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
Belfast, Maine
About Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
Used and Rare Books in the heart of downtown Belfast, Maine.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Jacket
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