The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Conn: Easton Press, 1981. Bookplate on verso of front end paper. Fully bound in genuine leather with attractive gilt designs. Hubbed spines stamped with accents of 22kt gold, moire fabric endsheets and a satin-ribbon place marker. Attractive copy.. Reprint. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Frederic dorr-Steele, Sidney Paget . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004682
- Title
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Illustrator
- Frederic dorr-Steele, Sidney Paget
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Conn
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic Authors;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.