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The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
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About This Item
USA: Book-of-the-Month Club, 1994. First Thus. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Thus-This edition specially created in 1994 for Book-of-the-Month Club. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Quarter-bound in brown cloth with copper titles, beige boards, decorated endpapers in green and brown. Illustrations: Frontis plus 9 b/w illustrations. Handsome solid volume. Dust jacket with red spine decorated with blue and gold, with green title panel with titles and illustration of Sherlock Holmes; rest of jacket is beige patterned with brown titles and panel in center with illus of Holmes. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is the best known of Conan Doyle's many Sherlock Holme's adventures, first published in 1902. Although written after "The Final Problem", 'Hound' is set prior to Holmes' apparent death at the hands of the late Professor Moriarty. Doyle did not originally conceive of 'Hound' as a Holmes mystery, but soon found the brilliant sleuth essential to the tale. And so, when Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the moor near pawprints of an enormous hound, it is the master himself who is called to the scene. 249 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Book-of=the-Month Club, New York, 1994.
Synopsis
Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead and Sherlock Holmes is called upon to protect his heir, Sir Henry Baskerville. Narrating the story, Holmes’s assistant Dr. Watson is sent to Dartmoor to investigate the unsettling tale of the Hound of the Baskervilles. This legend warns the descendants of the Baskerville family never to venture out on the moors that surround their ancestral home, or they will meet the beast that lurks in the shadows. Though the story may seem unbelievable, a man is dead and footprints of a giant hound are found nearby. Sherlock and Dr. Watson agree to dig deeper into the truth of the matter and will discover that nothing is quite as it seems. The most famous of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles was serialized in The Strand Magazine in 1901-02 and soon published to book form in 1902. Wildly popular, this novel has been adapted for film numerous times, starting with a silent German production in 1914.
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Reviews
On Apr 20 2021, a reader said:
The dialogue was cleverly written. Poor punctuation, however, made it difficult to read aloud, which is a disservice to the content. I suspect I could have invested in a better copy: the moths on the cover of my copy made the killer obvious upon his initial introduction. Nevertheless, this is a great case study on how to write a satisfying murder mystery.
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Details
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 021646
- Title
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Author
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Book-of-the-Month Club
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SHERLOCK HOLMES; WATSON; SCOTLAND YARD; BRITISH MYSTERY; PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR; DETECTIVE LESTRADE; GREGSON SIR CHARLES; BASKERVIiLLE MOORS;
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- Fiction. Mystery, British & Other Countries;
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