Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Barnes & Noble Books/Barnes & Noble, Inc., New York, 1993
ISBN 10: 1566195403 ISBN 13: 9781566195409
Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Decorative Hardcover Canvas. Condizione: Like New. No Jacket. 199 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. No dust jacket. 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: Mallard Press, 1989
Da: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Light wear, discoloring; a good solid book. The jacket has some creasing, discoloring and wear. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0792451074. Inventory No: 190738.
Editore: The Rutter Group, 2004
Da: Bank of Books, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
binder. Condizione: Very Good. Come in teal and white binder. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!
Editore: The Rutter Group, 2012
Da: Bank of Books, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
binder. Condizione: Good. Comes in large teal and white binder. Book shows common (average) signs of wear and use. Binding is still tight. Covers are intact but may be repaired. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!