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DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the Empire. Smith, Elder & Co., 1897.
Price: US$11.53 + shipping
Description: First edition in the ooriginal red cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Spine worn at top edge and some water staining to edges of covers otherwise a Good copy.
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
Doyle, Arthur Conan. UNCLE BERNAC - A MEMORY OF THE EMPIRE. , 1897.
Price: US$19.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: . 1897, Smith Elder red boards, gilt titles, spine repaired & faded, light toning to end papers, hinge tender, light age toning to pages
Seller: GREENSLEEVES BOOKS, Oxford, United Kingdom
DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN:. Uncle Bernac. A Memory of the Empire.. Smith, Elder & Co. 1897 (1st.), 1897.
Price: US$28.18 + shipping
Description: Original red cloth lettered in gilt. In good condition. Some minor rubbing on edges, corners lightly bumped. Spine a trifle sunned. A few small faint marks. Name inscription on second blank page. Lacks one plt. Two pages top edge uncut. Some light foxing, else generally clean & tight. 300pp.Cat.8pp. 11 illustrations by Robert Sauber Printed note by the author: "This novel has been re-written and lengthened by one third since its appearance in serial form."
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Doyle, arthur c. UNCLE BERNAC, A MEMORY OF THE EMPIRE. smith & elder, 1897.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Description: very good red binding, darker spine, couple loose pages
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan).. Uncle Bernac. Smith, Elder & Co.,, 1897.
Price: US$47.07 + shipping
Description: Twelve illustrations by Robert Sauber Spine darkened and worn and split at head internally and neatly repaired and strengthened; end-paper renewed, otherwise a good copy
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Arthur Conan-Doyle. Uncle Bernac : A Memory of the Empire. Smith, Elder, & Co., London, 1897.
Price: US$125.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First impression of this late novel by celebrated detective writer Arthur Conan-Doyle. A murder mystery written at the end of the nineteenth century in replacement of his famous character of Sherlock Holmes, who was killed off in 1894. Set in Napoleon's era, this uncommon novel by Arthur Conan-Doyle tells the tale of a Frenchman returning to France with the intention to join the Emperor's rank.The first edition, first impression of this work. Complete with half-title and eight leaves of publisher's advertisements to rear. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven further full page plates in black and white. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, lightly bumped and chipped to head and tail of spine and extremities of boards, back strip darkened. Internally, binding generally firm. Pages bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$137.03 + shipping
Description: An unread copy with unopened pages. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: From the library of Timothy Allen, with his bookplate to ffep. Physical description: x, 300 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes: "This novel has been re-written and lengthened by one third since its appearance in serial form". Subjects: 1799-1815; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Fiction; Novels; France History; Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: "I dare say that I had already read my uncle's letter a hundred times, and I am sure that I knew it by heart" DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. Uncle Bernac. A Memory of the Empire. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1897. First English edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127 mm.). x, 300, [8, publishers advertisements] pp. Monotone frontispiece (with tissue-guard) and eleven monotone plates by Robert Sauber. Three leaves with slightly creased corners, a few light marginal stains, otherwise very good. Publisher's red cloth, front cover blocked and titled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, black coated endpapers. Inner hinges cracked, spine ends and corners a little rubbed. A good copy. 12,500 copies were published on 14th May 1897 priced 6/-. "I dare say that I had already read my uncle's letter a hundred times, and I am sure that I knew it by heart. None the less I took it out of my pocket, and, sitting on the side of the lugger, I went over it again with as much attention as if it were for the first time. It was written in a prim, angular hand, such as one might expect from a man who had begun life as a village attorney, and it was addressed to Louis de Laval, to the care of William Hargreaves, of the Green Man in Ashford, Kent. The landlord had many a hogshead of untaxed French brandy from the Normandy coast, and the letter had found its way by the same hands." (Chapter I - The Coast of France). Robert Herman Sauber (1868-1936) was a British painter and illustrator. Green and Gibson A21a.
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: An unread copy with unopened pages. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: From the library of Timothy Allen, with his bookplate to ffep. Physical description: x, 300 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes: "This novel has been re-written and lengthened by one third since its appearance in serial form". Subjects: 1799-1815; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Fiction; Novels; France History; Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$768.52 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: VERY SCARCE especially in such a wonderful binding. An important and uncommon Sir Arthur Conan Doyle book, and for many collectors an essential part of their collection. Looking for a replacement to Sherlock Holmes after the author had killed him off in 1894, Doyle wrote this murder mystery in the dying years of the 19th century. Set in Napoleons era, it involves a Frenchman returning to his native land to join the Emperors ranks. Elegantly rebound in navy leather quarter binding, with gold titling to the spine, five raised bands, and hand marbled boards. Modern rebind is by Bristol Bookbinding, and this is an heirloom quality first edition for the serious Conan Doyle collector. It is elegant and beautiful, but most importantly it is utterly durable in this gorgeous binding. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng
Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom