The White Company
by Arthur Conan Doyle
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- Hardcover
- first
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DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The White Company. Pictures by N[ewel] C[onvers] Wyeth. NY: Cosmopolitan, 1922. 8vo, [xvi] 363pp. Maroon cloth with spine stamped in gilt and color pictorial label affixed to front cover; t.e.g. Color pictorial endpapers; 14 color plates. Slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, cover label lightly so, else a remarkably clean, tight, surprisingly bright copy.
First edition. A historical adventure by Sherlock Holmes' creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, set during the Hundred Years' War, and magnificently captured in Wyeth's stunning illustrations. The story is set in England, France, and Spain, in the years 1366 and 1367, against the background of the campaign of Edward, the Black Prince, to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of the Kingdom of Castile. Doyle considered this his favorite of all his novels.
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- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049149
- Title
- The White Company
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Illustrator
- N.C. Wyeth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cosmopolitan
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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