The Sign of Four
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. First Edition Thus. 162 pages. No dust jacket. Green decorative cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Missing front free endpaper. Pages are bright and clear with light water staining and tanning to text block edges; text unaffected. Light occasional thumb marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
Synopsis
The Sign of the Four (1890) (also called The Sign of Four) was the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 stories starring the fictional detective.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1683196153ADA
- Title
- The Sign of Four
- Author
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1961
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....