The Complete Sherlock Holmes Long Stories: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear. The Complete Long Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
John Murray, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. Reprinted. 639 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Ink staining to top edge of text block. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Pen inscription to front board. Staining overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1697188203ALK
- Title
- The Complete Sherlock Holmes Long Stories: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear. The Complete Long Stories
- Author
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1950
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- 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....
- Acceptable
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
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