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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Green Penguin 111)
by DOYLE, A. Conan
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
DOYLE, A. Conan
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Green Penguin 111)
Penguin Books Limited, Middlesex, 1937, 1st thus., VG, paperback, 249 pp. No inscription, former owner personalised book stamp on half title page, sound tight binding, no loose pages, pages clean, tanned, dust staining to top edge of text block, 0.5cm closed tear to bottom edge of prelims. Wraps crisp, a few spots and stains to front (see scan), rubs to edges and corners, spine strip intact with 2cm splits to either side of tail and 0.5cm splits to either side of head, 1cm closed tear to front bottom edge.
FICTION, GREEN PENGUIN, CRIME, MYSTERY, A. CONAN DOYLE, SHERLOCK HOLMES
hb 82 46074 Green Penguin £21.00
Synopsis
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in the Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound.
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- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46074
- Title
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (Green Penguin 111)
- Author
- DOYLE, A. Conan
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Limited
- Place of Publication
- Middlesex
- Date Published
- 1937
- Pages
- 249 pp
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FICTION, CRIME, MYSTERY, A. CONAN DOYLE, GREEN PENGUIN
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION pulp;
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- Tight
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- VG
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- 1st Thus
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
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