Round the Fire Stories
by Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1908. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. [viii], 372 + 4 pages publisher's adspp. Octavo. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt titles on spine and gilt titles and vignette of two men on front board. Boards lightly rubbed and bumped. Gilding bright. Engraved bookplate of James Foster Hasbrouck to front pastedown. Lower edge uncut. Occasional light foxing, mostly to preliminary pages, else internally clean. very good An attractive copy of this collection of stories by the master crime and mystery author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, most famous for his Sherlock Holmes stories. With 17 stories and illustrated frontis. 1908
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134213
- Title
- Round the Fire Stories
- Author
- Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- British Literature|Crime Fiction|Sherlock Holmes|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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