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The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D
by Nicholas Meyer
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0525231021
- ISBN 13
- 9780525231028
- Seller
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East Northport, New York, United States
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About This Item
E. P. Dutton, New York, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. March 1895. London. A month of strange happenings in the West End. First there is the bizarre murder of theater critic Jonathan McCarthy. Then the lawsuit against the Marquess of Queensberry for libel; the public is scandalized. Next, the ingenue at the Savoy is discovered with her throat slashed. And a police surgeon disappears, taking two corpses with him.Some of the theater district's most fashionable and creative luminaries have been involved: a penniless stage critic and writer named Bernard Shaw; Ellen Terry, the gifted and beautiful actress; a suspicious box office clerk named Bram Stoker; an aging matinee idol, Henry Irving; an unscrupulous publisher calling himself Frank Harris; and a controversial wit by the name of Oscar Wilde." Dust jacket front mildly edge worn. o/was new. BB1 Size: Octavo (standard book size). 222 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Crime Fiction; ISBN: 0525231021. ISBN/EAN: 9780525231028. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5420. . 9780525231028
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- Bookseller
- John McKenna (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5420
- Title
- The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D
- Author
- Nicholas Meyer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525231021
- ISBN 13
- 9780525231028
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- BZDB60 Crime Fiction; ISBN: 0525231021 EAN: 9780525231028 Nicholas Meyer The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D.
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John McKenna
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East Northport, New York
About John McKenna
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