Indianapolis / New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Indianapolis / New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1974. Stated First printing. Fine/near fine. First Edition, with "first printing" stated on copyright page. Very clean toast brown boards with clean unfaded darker brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean golden endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 203 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, a few very tiny closed tears at top and bottom spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author reveals that Arthur Conan Doyle was a brilliant allegorist who in his Holmes mysteries left "purloined letter" allusions not only to characters throughout literature but to real-life figures as well. The book reads like a detective story itself as the author encounters the people who knew Doyle and who turned up in his stories..

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Bookseller: Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 017673
Title: Naked is the Best Disguise
Author: Rosenberg, Samuel
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: Stated First printing.
ISBN 10: 0672519143
ISBN 13: 9780672519147
Publisher: Bobbs Merrill
Place of Publication: Indianapolis / New York
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: MYSTERY SHERLOCK HOLMES SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE WRITERS AUTHORS DETECTIVE CRIME FICTION
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery/Crime;

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