The Hound of the Baskervilles
by A. Conan Doyle
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No edition remarks. 315 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Heavy cracking to hinges with exposed netting; boards therefore slack, however binding remains firm. Moderate thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Part of dust jacket glued to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Mild water stains and droplets to surfaces.
Synopsis
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in the Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709134233MEP
- Title
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Author
- A. Conan Doyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Eveleigh Nash & Grayson
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Acceptable
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- Jacket
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