Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centenary 1859-1959
by CONAN DOYLE, Adrian; WEIL-NORDON, P
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- ex library-good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, ca. 1959. Hardcover. ex library-good. 135 p. 35 cm. B&w illustrations. Colour tipped-in portrait of Doyle at front. Red cloth with silver print. Corners bumped, tears and chips in spines. Residue from label on lower spine and rear pastedown. Hinges cracked internally. Scuff on front free endpaper and top of p. 15. Pages neat and clean except for stain bottom of p. 106.
Tributes to Conan Doyle from various celebrities, including other authors. There was more to the author's legacy than Sherlock Holmes. Includes family genealogy, experiences in the Boer War, crusades for justice, life as man of letters, etc.
Tributes to Conan Doyle from various celebrities, including other authors. There was more to the author's legacy than Sherlock Holmes. Includes family genealogy, experiences in the Boer War, crusades for justice, life as man of letters, etc.
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- Seller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 148100
- Title
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centenary 1859-1959
- Author
- CONAN DOYLE, Adrian; WEIL-NORDON, P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - ex library-good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- ca. 1959
- Keywords
- Biography, Arthur Conan Doyle, Letters, Sherlock Holmes, Boer War, Justice
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime and mystery;
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