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A Study in Scarlet & the Hound of the Baskervilles (The World's Best Reading)
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 089577254X
- ISBN 13
- 9780895772541
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Pleasantville, Nerw York, USA: Readers Digest Association, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Greg Spalenka. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Fine Condition. Unabridged. No jacket, as issued. Black leatherette spine over burgundy leatherette boards; gilt lettering and portrait of the classic Holmes silhouette with hat and pipe portrait on front, bold gilt lettering on spine. Gilt is sharp and bright. Tight, solid and square with green and gold endbands. Illustrated title page. Illustrations by Greg Spalenka. Afterword by G. K, Chesterton. Internals Pristine. Stories by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with fictional detective Sherlock Holmes of 221 Baker Street, London. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in a novel in 1887. This book includes two of his famous mysteries. Very handsome volume. 301 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, NY 1988.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025666
- Title
- A Study in Scarlet & the Hound of the Baskervilles (The World's Best Reading)
- Author
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Illustrator
- Greg Spalenka
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 089577254X
- ISBN 13
- 9780895772541
- Publisher
- Readers Digest Association
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, Nerw York, USA
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- ENGLISH MYSTERY, 19TH-20TH CENTURIES LONDON , ENGLAND DETECTIVES 221 BAKER STREET
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Mystery, British & Other Countries;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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