Editore: John Murray, London, United Kingdom, 1959
Da: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, second (1965) printing; 256 pages; very gently used ex-school library copy with one rubber stamp and residue of card pocket; DJ gently rubbed and bumped along edge, no chips or tears. See also our listing for The Complete Sherlock Holmes Novels andt Stories in 8 Volumes [in Slipcase].
Editore: Belmont, 1970
Da: Wayne's Books, Maricopa, AZ, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Crisp, little wear. ~ 156 pages.
Editore: Belmont Books, New York, 1970
Da: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 128 pp. Belmont Book 2056. Light edgewear with some minor creasing on the spine and on the lower right corner of the front cover; no interior markings. Book.
Editore: Berkley Books, New York, 1966
Da: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 158 pp. Berkley Book F1203. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; some ink marks on the title-list page. This collection contains: Introduction: The Many-Sided Conan Doyle by John Dickson Carr; The Poison Belt; The Disintegration Machine; and When the World Screamed. Book.
Editore: Barnes & Noble Books/Barnes & Noble, Inc., New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0880298596 ISBN 13: 9780880298599
Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Madkat Studio (Jacket Design & Illustration) (illustratore). 338 pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy and dust jacket with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Dust jacket shows minimal, minor or light wear around edges. Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based consulting detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that feature Holmes. The first story, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and the second, The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialised novels appeared until 1927. The stories cover a period from around 1880 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914. All but four stories are narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson; two are narrated by Holmes himself, this including the Blanched Soldier, and two others are written in the third person. In two stories (The Musgrave Ritual and The Adventure of the Gloria Scott), Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, whereas Watson becomes the narrator of the frame story. Conan Doyle said that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing large conclusions from the smallest observations.
Editore: Modern Promotions / Unisystems Inc no date, New York
Da: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Thus. New York: Modern Promotions / Unisystems Inc no date. Good. 0000. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Presumed first edition thus [A Unibook with 95 cents cover price]. "A fascinating and strangely creditble novel of adventure in Atlantis, the land at the bottom of the sea". 156 pages. Good copy [cover creasing, rear cover rubbing, with either "OP" or "DP" noted at the top of the front cover and inside the front cover, cheap paper tanning]. .
Editore: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1949
Da: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Owner name. Very light general cover wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303 pages.
Editore: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1950
Da: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st in this Ed. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with a little spotting to page ends. DJ with a few small tears and toned to spine.
Editore: Stockholm, Bonniers 1950. 1950, 1950
Da: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Svezia
351 s. + 6 planschblad. Förlagets halvklotband.
Editore: Carroll & Graf Pub, N.Y., 1990
ISBN 10: 0881845132 ISBN 13: 9780881845136
Da: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st US edition. Fine in unclipped dust jacket with protective mylar cover. "The crimes serving as the basis for several of the 15 stories in this satisfying collection will be immediately recognizable. But while the details of Angela Carter's "Fall River Axe Murders" and Arthur Conan Doyle's "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" are familiar, their telling still stirs the imagination. Moving chronologically to the present, and by such widely varied stylists as O. Henry, Boucher, Sitwell, Borges, and Ellison, these stories also range from coziness to horror. Only "The Trailer Murder Mystery" by Abraham Lincoln seems out of place, without imaginative flow and emotion. Yet perhaps justifying its inclusion, John Dickson Carr's "The Black Cabinet," based on the assassination of Lincoln, neatly wraps up the collection." -- Library Journal. Book.
Editore: Omnibook, Inc,, 1949
Da: Shore Books, London, Regno Unito
Rivista / Giornale
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 148 pages. Audie Murphy's "To Hell And Back" / John Dickson Carr's "The Life of Sir arthur Conan Doyle" / Sinclair Lewis' "The God-Seeker" (SL#49).
Editore: John Murray (Publishers) Ltd., London, 1959
Da: Attic Books, Cheltenham, GLOS, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Publisher's Cloth. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. First Edition. - 190 mm. Red cloth hardcover. Pp. 256. Foxing to top edge. Mild browning to all edges. Minor edge wear to DJ. Overall, G+ / G+.
Editore: Random House, New York, 1962
Da: Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Reprint. 12mo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4"), red cloth with black lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pictorial full color dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Sherlock Holmes with pipe & ominous objects around him, 313 pages. SCARCE even in reprint. Originally published in 1954. Printed by permission of the estate of the late Sir Conan Doyle. A ollection of twelve new Sherlock Holmes stories: six by son Adrian Conan Doyle, and six coauthored by Adrian Doyle and John Dickson Carr, a master of "Locked Room" mysteries. These tales include "The Adventure of the The Deptford Horror," and "The Seven Clocks." Superior Condition! Dust jacket is bright though a bit rubbed. Slight brownish offset on front endpaper presumably caused by an old acidic newspaper that had been laid in.
Editore: 1940, ., 1940
Da: Jean-Paul TIVILLIER, MEYS, Francia
PARIS, Hachette [Brodard & Taupin, Coulommiers-Paris] - 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948 - Br.18x12 cm - ENSEMBLE DE 21 TITRES + 4 doublons - Couvertures au premier plat illustré en couleurs et au prix imprimé en gros, dos blanc titré en bleu entre 4 doubles traits rouges, 4e de couverture vert ou saumon au catalogue des titres parus ou à paraître; pagination variable. (Collection L'Énigme). L'ENSEMBLE DES 21 TITRES + 4 doublons, tel que décrit. 1940-1948 pour la première présentation. * LE SERPENT JAUNE. [E. Wallace - (1937) 1940 (I-3-0491) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - 253 et (3) pages - 6 frs - Bon état général]. *****___***** * LA PORTE DU TRAÎTRE (The traitor's gate). Traduit par Jean Calvel. [E. Wallace - (1938) 1940 (6-0491) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - 253 et (3) pages - 6 frs - Manque de papier au bas du 2e plat; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** * LE RUBAN VERT (The green ribbon). Traduit par G. de Pracomtal. [E. Wallace - (1935) 1940 (5-0491) - Vignette de titre par Michel Jacquot - 224 pages - 6 frs - Couverture défraîchie avec manques de papier; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** * LA TERREUR (The terror). Traduit par Pierre. Cobor. [E. Wallace - (1936) 1941 (2-1491) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - (2), 190 et (2) pages - 7,80 fv v - Bon état]. *****___***** * LA MARQUE DES 4 / QUATRE. [C. Doyle - (1941) 1941 (305-6-1491) - Vignette de titre par E.D. - 190 et (2) pages - 7,80 f - Petits manques de papier en couverture; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** * ALERTE! Traduit par Maurice Rémon. [H. M. Kritz - (1941) 1947 (580-1-2491) - Vignette de titre par ? - (2), 187 et (3) pages - 7,80 f - Couverture défraîchie avec petits manques de papier; tampons de bibliothèque; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** * NOUS ÉTIONS 4. [G. Duvic - (1942) 1942 (617-2-2491) - Vignette de titre par ? - 191 pages - 7,80 f - Couverture défraîchie avec petits manques de papier; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** * LA PORTE DU TRAÎTRE (The traitor's gate). Traduit par Jean Calvel. [E. Wallace - (1938) 1946 (6135-8-1946) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - 253 et (3) pages - 45 F - Bon état général]. *****___***** * UNE LUEUR DANS L'OMBRE. [E. Wallace - (1936) 1946 (6149-9-1946 / DL 4290) - Vignette de titre par ? - 255 pages - 45 F -Bon état général]. *****___***** * L'ARCHER VERT. [E. Wallace - (1935) 1946 (6141-9-1946 / DL 4295) - Vignette de titre par ? - 255 pages - 45 F - Bon état général]. *****___***** * LE PIGEON NOIR. Traduction de Pierre Belperron. [A. Austin - (1940) 1947 (6182-3-1947 / DL 4297) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - 253 et (3) pages - 45 F - Petits manques de papier en couverture; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** * LE MYSTIFICATEUR (The Joker). [E. Wallace - (1939) 1947 (6372-4-1947 / DL 4751) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - (2), 251 et (3) pages - 60 F - Bon état]. *****___***** * L'HOMME DU CARLTON. [E. Wallace - (1934) 1947 (6371-4-1947 / DL 4752) - Vignette de titre par ? - (2), 252 et (2) pages - 60 F - Bon état]. *****___***** * LE GANGSTER. [E. Wallace - (1941) 1947 (6370-5-1947 / DL 4753) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - (2), 187 et (3) pages - 60 F - Couverture défraîchie avec petits manques de papier; ensemble solide et très correct]. *****___***** * LE RUBAN VERT (The green ribbon). Traduit par G. de Pracomtal. [E. Wallace - (1935) 1947 (6411-6-1947 / DL 4773) - Vignette de titre par Michel Jacquot - 224 pages - 60 F - Bon état]. *****___***** * L'AFFAIRE DES MOTS CROISÉS et Le diadème enpenné. [Villebrumier - (1947) 1947 (6412-9-1947 /DL 4699) - Vignette de titre par ? - 189 et (3) pages - 60 F - Couverture défraîchie avec manques de papier; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** * LE CLUB DES DÉTECTIVES (The poisoned chocolate case). Traduit par M. Faure. [Berkeley - (1946) 1947 (6628-10-1947 / DL 5098) - Vignette de titre par ? - 190 et (2) pages - 60 F - 2 exemplaires en bon état général]. *****___***** * LES FORFAITS DE MICHAËL (Michael's evil deeds).
Editore: John Murray, London, 1959
Da: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books, CARMARTHEN, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Illustrated by Peter Weaver (Dustjacket Only) (illustratore). 1st Thus. 1st Edition of This Selection. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. Dustjacket price clipped. Original Clean dark burgundy cloth binding with light blue titling on the spine and corner of the front cover (Doyles' facsimile signature). Overall Condition Good+ in Good dustjacket. The d/j is a little rubbed, creased, a little stained/browned around the edges/rear cover and has a few chips/tiny losses mainly at the corner points, but is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and now looks Good plus/VG. 192mm x 130mm. 8vo. Page fore-edges 'dusty'/browned. Internally paper is uniformly lightly browned with some very light foxing mainly to the half-title. No Inscriptions or other Marks. Dustwrapper design by Peter Weaver. 256pp. Contents are : - Introduction; The Croxley Master; The Man with the Twisted Lip; When the World Screamed; The Lost Special; The Horror of the Heights; The Three Correspondents; How the Brigadier Won his Medal; Silver Blaze; The Fiend of the Cooperage; How the Brigadier triumphed in England; and The Last Galley. Overall a Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; 60208; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.
Editore: SmithBooks, Toronto, Canada, 1993
Da: William L. Horsnell, Aylesford, NS, Canada
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good +. B.C.E. A solid spine with light edge rubbings. The dustjacket has light edge rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by :Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur B.Reeves, John Dickson Carr, Ellery Queen, Dasheill Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Robert Hart Davis, Raymond Chandler, Brett Halliday, Orson Welles, Leslie Charteris, John Greasey, Francis Durbridge, H.R.F. Keating.
Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. None (illustratore). First edition. A lovely anthology of eleven brilliant tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a smart first edition. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An anthology of eleven tales by the great writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a lovely collection celebrating his works, including two Sherlock Holmes tales, as well as tales of historical fiction, horror, and sci-fi.Containing 'The Croxley Master', 'The Man with the Twisted Lip', 'When the World Screamed', 'The Lost Special', 'The Horror of the Heights', 'The Three Correspondents', 'How the Brigadier Won his Medal', 'Silver Blaze', 'The Fiend of the Cooperage', 'How the Brigadier Triumphed in England', and 'The Last Galley.'Selected by John Dickson Carr. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Minor edge wear to the dust wrapper. Light marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.