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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Newnes, London, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition. Illustrator: Sidney Paget. First impression. Size: 4to 9 3/4 - 12". 279 pp. Hinges cracked, webbing exposed. Spine cocked with wear to ends. Foxing front/rear pages, and scattered throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges gilt in good condition. Damp staining and crinkling to lower margin throughout. Covers marked. Corners bumped. Illustrator: Sidney Paget. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; England; Crime Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51414. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Synopsis
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dreadnought Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51414
- Title
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Illustrator
- Sidney Paget
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Newnes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- BZDB243 Fiction; England; Crime Fiction. Sidney Paget Unbranded Arthur Conan Doyle The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Crime Fiction;
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About the Seller
Dreadnought Books
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Bristol
About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
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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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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