The Sacred Seal
by O'Connor, J. Regis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dj
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Shelburne (Ontario)/Sauk City WI: The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. Near Fine in Fine dj. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. [both the book and jacket are in as-new condition, the book blemished only by the presence of the previous owner's initials plus date & place of purchase, in ink along the edge of the rear pastedown (concealed beneath the jacket flap)]. A Sherlock Holmes mystery, set in 1895. When a Cardinal, a personal confidant of Pope Leo XIII, mysteriously disappears while attending a monks' retreat at St. Boniface Abbey. Holmes and Watson are brought into the case by Inspector Lestrade, and Holmes is hired by the Pope himself to find the missing Cardinal. "This bizarre and shocking mystery caused Pope Leo XIII to confiscate Watson's manuscript and bury it in the Vatican vaults. Only now, a century later, can this gruesome story be revealed." .
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- Bookseller
- ReadInk (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28673
- Title
- The Sacred Seal
- Author
- O'Connor, J. Regis
- Illustrator
- (dj art) Patricia Doyle O'Connor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
- Place of Publication
- Shelburne (Ontario)/Sauk City WI
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Catholic Church, Detective Fiction, Sherlock Holmes
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