The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Deluxe Edition)
by DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [c.1960s-70s]. Hardcover. The complete run of stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his Sherlock Holmes character. From a prefatory note: ". . .the only complete, definitive edition of these famous stories. Originally published in nine separate books. . .they are the authoritative text of every Sherlock Holmes story ever written". Includes an introduction by Christopher Morley entitled "In Memoriam Sherlock Holmes". --- In rust buckram cloth-covered boards, with Holmes image in blind to cover, spine titling presumably was in gilt. No specific publication date appears in book, but likely published c.1960s-70s. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With near-complete dulling to spine titling, cover Holmes image barely discernable and prior owner's signature to front paste-down; else a clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.) ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xvi, 1323 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85247
- Title
- The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Deluxe Edition)
- Author
- DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- [c.1960s-70s]
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About the Seller
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Littleton, Colorado
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...