The Conan Doyle Stories: the Ring and the Camp; Pirates and Blue Water; Terror and Mystery; Twilight and the Unseen; Adventure and Medical Life; Tales of Long Ago
by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Wellington, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: JOHN MURRAY, 1929. First printing. Hardcover. Good. No spine - boards still attached. Cloth faded - mainly to front and a bit stained. - nice to rebind. Rare First Printing- 6 Volumes in 1: The Ring and the Camp / Pirates and Blue Water / Terror and Mystery / Twilight and the Unseen / Adventure and Medical Life / Tales of Long Ago. - 76 Stories - Stated on the copyright page: First Edition in One Volume. 1929. - Preface by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE is dated: April 26, 1929 - Boards are rust coloured cloth with gold/gilt lettering to the front board. No spine cloth. The binding remains tight. 1202 pages. The top edge is still a deep red in colour.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Last Word (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2490
- Title
- The Conan Doyle Stories: the Ring and the Camp; Pirates and Blue Water; Terror and Mystery; Twilight and the Unseen; Adventure and Medical Life; Tales of Long Ago
- Author
- ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- JOHN MURRAY
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Collectable;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Last Word
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Wellington
About The Last Word
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...