Buy this book on-line THOMSON, JUNE: : THE SECRET CHRONICLES OF SHERLOCK HOLMESLONDON.CONSTABLE,1992. ISBN 0094711607.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Constable Crime series/ imprint.] FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Terry Pastor illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges slightly aged/toned with minimal sporadic foxing,fore-edges similarly with minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,and clean with minimal page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-203pp [paginated] includes a Foreword,7 stories/chronicles; plus [unpaginated] half-title with publisher blurb and contents,title page,a dedication (to H.R.F. Keating) with an epigram to its reverse,and to the rear,4pp blanks.
Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal faults described that prevent a higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness.
Rescued from the battered tin dispatch-box with the name 'John H. Watson,MD, late Indian Army' painted on the lid,are the following stories to disturb yet intrigue: The Case of the Paradol Chamber.A return from the dead; The Case of the Hammersmith Wonder.The death of a French Nightingale; The Case of the Maplestead Magpie. A meeting of Smith and Wesson; The Case of the Harley Street Specialist.A journey to an unknown address; The Case of the Old Russian Woman.The secret investigations of a deaf-mute; The Case of the Camberwell Poisoning.An open and shut matter of 'inheritance powder'; The Case of the Sumatran Rat.The PM receives a blackmail note from The Pied Piper.
Baker Street devotees will discover in these detailed and faithfully devised tales vivid echoes of the Master in his prime.
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