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The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Pocket 670, 1950, first printing. Bright, square, tight copy; minor edge wear & faint readers crease.
Synopsis
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. After nine years in Jesuit schools, he went to Edinburgh University, receiving a degree in medicine in 1881. He then became an eye specialist in Southsea, with a distressing lack of success. Hoping to augment his income, he wrote his first story, A Study in Scarlet . His detective, Sherlock Holmes, was modeled in part after Dr. Joseph Bell of the Edinburgh Infirmary, a man with spectacular powers of observation, analysis, and inference. Conan Doyle may have been influenced also by his admiration for the neat plots of Gaboriau and for Poe’s detective, M. Dupin. After several rejections, the story was sold to a British publisher for £25, and thus was born the world’s best-known and most-loved fictional detective. Fifty-nine more Sherlock Holmes adventures followed. Once, wearying of Holmes, his creator killed him off, but was forced by popular demand to resurrect him. Sir Arthur— he had been knighted for this defense of the British cause in his The Great Boer War— became an ardent Spiritualist after the death of his son Kingsley, who had been wounded at the Somme in World War I. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died in Sussex in 1930.
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Details
- Bookseller
- F&SF Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- pb0969
- Title
- The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery, Thriller;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
F&SF Books
Biblio member since 2018
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About F&SF Books
I sell hardcover and paperback books primarily in the genres of fantasy, horror and science fiction. In hardcovers I specialize in small press, signed and limited editions.I have been a collector for over 50 years. I picture all of my items and describe anything that cannot be seen from the pics. I never use stock photos; all pics are the actual item. I securely pack and ship in boxes, never mailers.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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