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Arthur Conan Doyle. The Maracot Deep And Other Stories. John Murray, London, 1929.
Price: US$23.19 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Slight weakness to inside front hinge and few markings on cover, text clean and book in good condition otherwise.
Seller: siop lyfrau'r hen bost, Blaenau Ffestiniog, United Kingdom
Doyle Arthur Conan. The Maracot Deep and Other Stories. John Murray, London, 1929.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Collects the title novella, "The Story of Spedegues's Dropper," and two Professor Challenger stories, "The Disintegration Machine" and "When the World Screamed." A slight smudge to rear cover, else a fine bright copy.
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Maracot Deep. John Murray, London, 1929.
Price: US$161.03 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London, John Murray, 1929. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. An excellent copy, without the jacket. Contains four novellas including the final two Challenger stories. Condition. Overall a bright and sharp copy, some rubbing to the gilt to the publisher's imprint on the spine. Pushing to upper spine tip. 10pp ads to rear [Locke, I:71; Bleiler, p63 as collection, supernatural, science fiction and lost continents] [8043, Hyraxia Books].
Seller: Hyraxia Books. ABA, ILAB, Hutton Cranswick, United Kingdom
Doyle, Arthur Conan. THE MARACOT DEEP. John Murray, 1929.
Price: US$174.00 + shipping
Description: THE MARACOT DEEP, John Murray, 1929, first edition, faint moisture stain to rear lower corner of the rear cover, else a tight vg copy in a fine custom cloth dust-wrapper.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Maracot Deep and Other Stories. John Murray, London, 1929.
Price: US$176.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition in rose cloth, gilt stamped spine and cover, cover ruled in blind. Contains four stories including the two Challenger stories. Includes tipped in publishers small flyer to "Partner" with the local hospital. London: John Murray (1929), 310 pages + 10 pages of publisher's ads at rear. This Fine unmarked copy has a bit of sun fading to the spine, bright gilt cover, some foxing to edges and a few pages. No jacket.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. THE MARACOT DEEP AND OTHER STORIES. John Murray, London, 1929.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-310 [311-320: ads], original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. 7970 copies printed. Collects the title novella, "The Story of Spedegues's Dropper," and two Professor Challenger stories, "The Disintegration Machine" and "When the World Screamed." Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-68; (1981) 2-24; (1987) 2-28; and (1995) 2-33. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 618. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 265. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 71. Bleiler (1978), p. 63. Reginald 04498. Green and Gibson A47a. Hint of fading to spine panel, else a fine copy. (#75139)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. THE MARACOT DEEP. John Murray, 1929.
Price: US$261.00 + shipping
Description: THE MARACOT DEEP, John Murray, 1929, first edition, page edges a bit age toned, spine lightened, else a tight vg/vg+ copy. Contains the last two George Edward Challenger stories plus the title novella and one other. (As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you).
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. THE MARACOT DEEP. John Murray, 1929.
Price: US$2422.75 + shipping
Description: THE MARACOT DEEP, John Murray, 1929, first edition (Colonial issue with second set of ads not in the trade edition dated 11/28), a bright vg+ copy in a vg dust-wrapper with a wonderful full color front panel and with one small chip at the upper left corner of the dust-wrapper spine and several short closed tears. Very scarce in dust-wrapper. 1/2,500 copies.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. THE MARACOT DEEP AND OTHER STORIES. John Murray, London, 1929.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-310 [311-320: ads], original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. 7970 copies printed. Collects the title novella, "The Story of Spedegues's Dropper" and two Professor Challenger stories, "The Disintegration Machine" and "When the World Screamed." Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-68; (1981) 2-24; (1987) 2-28; and (1995) 2-33. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 618. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 265. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 71. Bleiler (1978), p. 63. Reginald 04498. Green and Gibson A47a. A fine copy in very good four-color pictorial dust wrapper with touch of shelf wear at head and tail of spine panel and corner tips, 25 mm closed tear at bottom edge of front panel with associated horizontal crease, and dust soiling to spine and rear panels. Overall, an attractive example of the uncommon jacket. (#75138)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. THE MARACOT DEEP AND OTHER STORIES. John Murray, London, 1929.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-310 [311-320: ads], original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. 7970 copies printed. Collects the title novella, "The Story of Spedegues's Dropper," and two Professor Challenger stories, "The Disintegration Machine" and "When the World Screamed." Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-68; (1981) 2-24; (1987) 2-28; and (1995) 2-33. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 618. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 265. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 71. Bleiler (1978), p. 63. Reginald 04498. Green and Gibson A47a. Neat owner's name on front free endpaper, a fine copy in very good, quite attractive four-color pictorial dust wrapper that is a bit dusty, mostly spine and rear panels, has a touch of shelf wear at edges, mainly head and tail of spine panel and corners, and a crease to front panel (pressure wrinkle during printing). Scarce in dust jacket. Publisher's illustrated leaflet announcing the book is laid in. (#21923)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Maracot Deep and other stories. John Murray, London, 1929.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This FIRST ISSUE dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO fading to the spine. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has all the First Issue points present with minor wear to the edges. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy in collector's condition. We buy Doyle First Editions with the original dustjackets.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.