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Arthur Conan Doyle. Micah Clarke. Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1889.
Price: US$128.76 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Arthur Conan Doyle's historical adventure novel set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685. Second Edition. The book follows the exploits of Conan Doyle's fictional character Micah Clarke. It is a bildungsroman whose protagonist begins as a boy seeking adventure in a rather romantic and naive way, falls under the influence of an older and vastly experienced, world-weary soldier of fortune, and becomes a grown up after numerous experiences, some of them very harrowing. In the process the book also records much of the history of the Monmouth Rebellion, but from the point of view of someone living in 17th century England. Much of the focus is upon the religious dimension of the conflict. In a cloth binding. Externally sound. Some light marks and bumping to the boards. Spine is cocked. Bookplate of Grinstead's Circulating Library to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, though with some scattered patched of foxing. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frontispiece by A. Castaigne. Early printing with two pages of ads at the rear. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Red cloth, faded at the spine, with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges, former owner's stamp inside the front board, clean otherwise. Conan Doyle's collection of stories "concerned with the grotesque and the terrible." About Very Good. Blue boards, lightly bumped and pushed at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, gift inscription on the front endpaper, foxed throughout. Conan Doyle's historical adventure, coming-of-age novel about a young English man's time as a soldier of fortune during the Monmouth Rebellion.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 16 page publisher's catalog at rear dated June 1888. weight: 1.4 lb. Good plus, light chipping to spine ends, light wear to corners, scattered light foxing, some scuffing to back cover, rear inner hinge splitting, otherwise a very good bright copy. 8vo., 19.5x13 cm. vi, 421 pp. + [2], 16 pp. ads. Hardcover blue cloth over beveled boards, gilt titles.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bumped corners and some fraying at top and bottom of spine - see image. ; Book is the First Edition with the 16 page set of publisher's pages at rear dated, June, 1888. Bright gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Tight binding and clean, unmarked interior. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 421 pages
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. Micah Clarke: His Statement.. Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1889.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Doyle's third novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, patterned endpapers, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. In very good condition. "Doyle's third novel, Micah Clarke takes the form of a bildungsroman whose protagonist, Micah Clarke, begins as a boy seeking adventure in a rather romantic and naà ve way, falls under the influence of an older and vastly experienced, world-weary soldier of fortune, and becomes a grown up after numerous experiences, some of them very harrowing. At the conclusion he must go into exile as a hunted outlaw, becomes a soldier of fortune himself and is launched on lifetime military career. In the process the book also records much of the history of the Monmouth Rebellion of 17th century England.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.