The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons
by Thierry, James Francis
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1918. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. The famous detective Hemlock Holmes and his companion, Doc Watson, have just returned from a three-year stay in the United States when they are engaged to find 11 (of 12) diamond cuff buttons that have been stolen from the Earl of Puddingham. Generally considered to be the first novel to parody the illustrious Sherlock Holmes. Navy cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 190 pages. Impressions/light soil to covers, some slant, bumped/worn corners/spine ends, spine gilt sunned, sunned/moderately soiled edges, previous owner's named whited out on front end paper..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018297
- Title
- The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons
- Author
- Thierry, James Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- The Neale Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1918
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, SHERLOCK HOLMES, SHERLOCKIANA, DETECTIVE FICTION, DETECTIVES, PARODY, PARODIES, SPOOF, SPOOFS, HEMLOCK THEFT
- Bookseller catalogs
- HUMOUR; Mystery--Suspense--Thriller (hardcover);
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...