The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Doyle, A. Conan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1879582120
- ISBN 13
- 9781879582125
- Seller
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Pittsford, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Platinum Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1996. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 171 pp., A Facsimile of the Stories as They Were First Published in the Strand Magazine, London, With Sidney Paget's Original Illustrations. .
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
- Abacus Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS080948I
- Title
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- Doyle, A. Conan
- Illustrator
- Illus. by Sidney Paget
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1879582120
- ISBN 13
- 9781879582125
- Publisher
- Platinum Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Bookseller catalogs
- mystery & detective fiction;
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- Fine
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- Facsimile
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