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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0760750750
- ISBN 13
- 9780760750759
- Seller
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Rock Island, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. First Collector's Library Edition Miniature. First Printing. Barnes & Noble (2004). Fine, as new, unread, small red full cloth hardcover with gilt lettering/page edges, embossed design, decorative endpapers, and silk ribbon marker. Fine as new jacket. 3-b
Synopsis
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, originally published as single stories in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The book was published in England on October 14 1892 by George Newnes Ltd and in a US Edition on October 15 by Harper. The initial combined print run was 14,500 copies.
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- Bookseller
- Widdershin's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 869
- Title
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Format/Binding
- Full Cloth
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Collector's Library Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0760750750
- ISBN 13
- 9780760750759
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Short Stories; Mystery;
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