THE LIFE OF SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
by CARR, John Dickson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1949. 1st edition. Hardcover. black-&-white illustrations. pp. x, 304. 8vo. Unobtrusive former owner's name on front free endpaper. Very light shelf wear; else in very good condition. The dust jacket has several small closed tears, edge-chipping, and some darkening to the spine; else in good condition. This is the first edition. Also published the same year in America by Harpers. An entertaining and readable biography of the creator of Sherlock Holmes by the famed mystery writer Carr.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9900039115
- Title
- THE LIFE OF SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
- Author
- CARR, John Dickson
- Illustrator
- black-&-white illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Sherlockiana;Spiritualism;Sherlock Holmes;;;;;;
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