The Sherlockian
by Moore, Graham
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0446572594
- ISBN 13
- 9780446572590
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
€5.61€5.04
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About This Item
NY: 12 Twelve, 2010. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5". 347 pgs . Black boards w/gold foil letters on spine. Author photo: Jonathan Exley. Jacket design: Chip Kidd. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Hurtling from present day New York to Victorian London, The Sherlockian weaves the history of Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle into an inspired and entertaining double mystery that proves to be anything but "elementary." In December 1893, Sherlock Holmes-adoring Londoners eagerly opened their Strand magazines, anticipating the detective's next adventure, only to find the unthinkable: his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, had killed their hero off. London spiraled into mourning-crowds sported black armbands in grief-and railed against Conan Doyle as his assassin. Then in 1901, just as abruptly as Conan Doyle had "murdered" Holmes in "The Final Problem," he resurrected him. Though the writer kept detailed diaries of his days and work, Conan Doyle never explained t... Source: Publisher.
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- Seller
- Blacks Bookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 16275
- Title
- The Sherlockian
- Author
- Moore, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BCE/BOMC
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0446572594
- ISBN 13
- 9780446572590
- Publisher
- 12 Twelve
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2010
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.