The Last Sherlock Holmes Story
by Michael Dibdin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0224015788
- ISBN 13
- 9780224015783
- Seller
-
London (Birr), Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Synopsis
Michael Dibdin was born in England and raised in Northern Ireland. He attended Sussex University and the University of Alberta in Canada. He spent five years in Perugia, Italy, where he taught English at the local university. He went on to live in Oxford, England and Seattle, Washington. He was the author of eighteen novels, eleven of them in the popular Aurelio Zen series, including Ratking , which won the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger, and Cabal , which was awarded the French Grand Prix du Roman Policier. His work has been translated into eighteen languages. He died in 2007.
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- Bookseller
- CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66980gl
- Title
- The Last Sherlock Holmes Story
- Author
- Michael Dibdin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224015788
- ISBN 13
- 9780224015783
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- literature Sherlockiana modern first editions The Last Sherlock Holmes Story Jack the Ripper
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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