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Arthur Conan Doyle. The White Company. John Murray, 1930.
Price: US$10.23 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1930. Reprinted. 370 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Moderate tanning to pages throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water marking to both boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Rodney Stone. John Murray, 1930.
Price: US$11.85 + shipping
Description: Cheaper edition, reprinted 1932 (smaller format). Pages a little yellowed; binding tight; dust jacket worn & chipped at edges, with yellowed spine. Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. The Edge of the Unknown. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930.
Price: US$14.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book club edition. Spine leans to the right, light edge wear to jacket edges, top page ridge foxed. 1930 Hard Cover. 220 pp. The Edge of the Unknown is a collection of essays and articles written by Arthur Conan Doyle between 1919 and 1930. It was first published in a single volume by John Murray on 24 June 1930. The essays and articles, initially published in magazines, were revised for the book.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles. John Murray, 1930.
Price: US$41.85 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1930. Reprinted. 315 pages. Fully bound in red leather. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers and pastedowns. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Some splits to spine ends. Light marks and scratches to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$89.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH COVER. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 7 x 5 INCHES. SPINE SLIGHTLY FADED, FEW MINOR MARKS TO BOARDS WITH SLIGHT FADING TO EDGES OF BOARDS, CORNERS BUMPED, MINOR WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY & CLEAN INTERNALLY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Edge of the Unknown. John Murray, London, 1930.
Price: US$115.28 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition June 1930,Reprinted July 1930.Ex-Jordan's Library. Black boards,lettering on spine faded,blindstamped lettering to front,shelf-worn,some marks,'Jordan's Library' ontop edge of the back,page edges tanned,'Jordan's Library issue Label on bep,spotting to first few and last pages,otherwise contents clean.
Seller: eclecticbooks, BOLTON, United Kingdom
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Edge of the Unknown. John Murray, London, 1930.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Book is ex-library with ex-libris at front pastedown, glued over that is the inside front flap of dust-jacket. Inside rear flap of dust-jacket is glued to rear pastedown. Final free endpaper has the top third torn away. Final page is starting to tear up from bottom about two inches Faded, soiled and worn blue boards. Gilt print on cover is basically completely faded. Gilt print along spine is scuffed, but remains clear. Front board is bowed. Extremities are rubbed, occasional dent. Corners are bumped and rubbed through. Numerous small tears and some light fraying at head and tail of spine. Binding is cracking and loosening, but is holding together decently. Markings from previous owner at ffep. Occasional library stamp throughout. Interior is age-toned with signs of foxing and the occasional spot of soiling, text remains clear.
Seller: George Strange's Bookmart, Brandon, MB, Canada
Doyle, Arthur Conan. THE EDGE OF THE UNKNOWN. John Murray, London, 1930.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition of Doyle's selected essays and articles on assorted mysteries and psychic phenomena. Subjects covered include the mediumistic powers of Harry Houdini (who certainly objected to this treatment) and whether psychic messages from Oscar Wilde, Jack London, and Charles Dickens really came from those deceased gentleman, or from less esteemed ghosts impersonating their betters. 7.15'' x 4.75''. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth. Lacking original dust jacket. [viii], 332 pages. Light edgewear and a few small stains and scuffs to boards, minor foxing to fore-edge. Pen to front free endpaper.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. THE EDGE OF THE UNKNOWN. John Murray, 1930.
Price: US$203.00 + shipping
Description: THE EDGE OF THE UNKNOWN, John Murray, 1930, first edition, some light spotting to the center of the spine and light rubbing to the rear cover, else a tight vg copy. The authors last (surprisingly uncommon) book. 1/909 copies.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan.. THE EDGE OF THE UNKNOWN.. John Murray: London, 1930.
Price: US$224.25 + shipping
Description: 7.5 x 5, blue cloth, gilt lettering, 332 pp. Lacks dust jacket, covers lightly warped, couple corners and spine tips bumped, rubbed, faint spotting on spine, lettering rubbed esp on spine, scattered light spotting to page edges, foxing to half title and title page and last four pages, small stain on rear free endpaper and rear pastedown, cracking between pages 8/9 else contents good. Comes with a John Murray catalog, unpag (8pp), 6.5 x 4, printed stapled wraps, staples rusty and centerfold detached else good. Promotes various Doyle books. This title is scarce with or without dust jacket. STATED FIRST ED, ONE OF 909 COPIES.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. THE EDGE OF THE UNKNOWN. JOHN MURRAY, LONDON, 1930.
Price: US$307.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH COVER, MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 7 + 332 PAGES. FEW VERY MINOR MARKS TO COVER, PRIVATE BOOKPLATE TO FRONT ENDPAPER, SOME FOXING MOSTLY TO FIRST & LAST FEW PAGES & PAGE FORE-EDGES, SMALL TEAR TO INNER MARGIN OF LAST TEXT PAGE. OVERALL A VERY GOOD PLUS COPY. PLEASE NOTE; BINDING HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING THAT SHOWS SOME REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Edge of the Unknown. John Murray, 1930.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition published by John Murray in 1930. A very good or better copy without the dustwrapper. The boards are in excellent shape with only the odd very light mark. The book is square and binding tight. There are no bookplates and no ink. The upper text block has some foxing marks and the first few pages occasionally so. Overall a nice copy and better than is usually found. Arthur Conan Doyles last published book in his lifetime. It is a collection of essays and articles that had been originally published elsewhere such as The Strand and Daily Express, including an essay on Houdini.
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom