The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes; The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Lycett, Andrew
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743275233
- ISBN 13
- 9780743275231
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Free Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($30.00), bumped at the top edge. Quarter blue buckram with cream-colored paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A biography of Conan Doyle that seeks to make sense of a long-standing mystery: "how the scientifically minded creator of the world's most rational detective himself succumed to an avid belief in spiritualism, including communication with the dead.
Synopsis
Originally published: Conan Doyle : the man who created Sherlock Holmes. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-509) and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3222
- Title
- The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes; The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author
- Lycett, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0743275233
- ISBN 13
- 9780743275231
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, Literary Biography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- Buckram
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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