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Book Condition: Used Fine in Fine Dustjacket
ISBN: 0312290950 / 9780312290955
Seller: The Sensible Magpie

United States
About Item: New York: St. Martin's Press (Minotaur), 2002. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. Holmes partners with his creator's mentor, Dr. Joseph Bell, "exploring the strange underworld of violence and sexual hypocrisy, running below the surface of the Victorian era..." (front flap). Dr. Bell, innovative and pioneering forensic detective, was widely believed to be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's inspiration for the Sherlock Holmes character. The author wrote the extremely well-reviewed screenplay depicting the same collaboration between Holmes and Bell, called "Murder Rooms". Tight and bright 8vo. Previous owner's very small, neat and classic-looking bookplate to front pastedown. 245 pp. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper.
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