The Land of Mist
by Doyle, A. Conan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. The third in Doyle's "Professor Challenger" series; here he takes on a crowd of spiritualists.This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First American Edition (published in the UK by Hutchinson in the same year). Light green cloth binding with titling on the spine and front cover in black (or dark blue?). Clean text; 285 pages, including Doyle's Appendix/Notes at the end. Owner signature to FFEP. Mild rub to the tips (which remain unbumped), spine slightly darkened; faint splash to top of front cover. Lacking the dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005077
- Title
- The Land of Mist
- Author
- Doyle, A. Conan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- FFEP
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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