Introduction David Stuart Davies (10 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. (Wordsworth Classics). 'Doctor Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes' - The most famous introduction in the history of crime fiction takes place in Doyle's 'A Study in Scarlet,' bringing together Holmes, themaster of science detection, and Watson, the great detective's loyal and ever-resourceful chronicler. This novel not only establishes the magic of the Holmes myth but also provides a dramatic adventure which ranges from the foggy gas-litstreets of London to the burning plains of Utah. The second novel published here presents the detective with one of his greatest challenges: the theft of the Agra treasure in India leads to treachery, deceit, and murder. 204p.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. (Wordsworth Classics). 'Doctor Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes' - The most famous introduction in the history of crime fiction takes place in Doyle's 'A Study in Scarlet,' bringing together Holmes, themaster of science detection, and Watson, the great detective's loyal and ever-resourceful chronicler. This novel not only establishes the magic of the Holmes myth but also provides a dramatic adventure which ranges from the foggy gas-litstreets of London to the burning plains of Utah. The second novel published here presents the detective with one of his greatest challenges: the theft of the Agra treasure in India leads to treachery, deceit, and murder. 204p.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. (Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural series). The real charm of this dark anthology of nine tales is its variety. The contents include: The Old Nurse's Story; The Squire's Story; The Poor Clare; Lois the Witch; The Doom of the Griffiths; The Ghost in the Garden Room; The Grey Woman; Curious, if True; and Disappearances. 305p.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. (Tales of Mystrery & The Supernatural). Erik, the Phantom of the Paris Opera House, is one of the great icons of horror literature. The tormented and disfigured creature has made his home in the labrinthine cellars of this opulent building where he can indulge in his great passion for music, which is a substitute for the love and emotion denied him because of his ghastly appearance. It is in the Opera House that he encounters Christine Daae whom he trains in secret to become a great singer. Erik's passionate obsession with a beautiful woman beyond his reach is doomed and leads to the dramatic tragic finale. 192p.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Robert Mathias (Cover Design); Michael Coote (Cover Illustration) (illustrator). Complete & Unabridged Edition/Copyright. 145 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear.

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Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Robert Mathias (Cover Design); John Atkinson Grimshaw (Cover Illustration) (illustrator). 397 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based consulting detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that feature Holmes. The first story, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and the second, The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialised novels appeared until 1927. The stories cover a period from around 1880 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914. All but four stories are narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson; two are narrated by Holmes himself, this including the Blanched Soldier, and two others are written in the third person. In two stories (The Musgrave Ritual and The Adventure of the Gloria Scott), Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, whereas Watson becomes the narrator of the frame story. Conan Doyle said that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing large conclusions from the smallest observations.

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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: VG/VG+/ND. y 1st Edn. Thus 1st. Imp. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2009 (1796)* Publisher: * Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a breviary with a cross, black text to an ochre ground. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear, no reading creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight, with very slight age to page margins and edges. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Some corner creasing. VG* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 324 pp. text.* Product Description:- Prepare to be shocked. This novel, written in 1796, is a Gothic festival of sex, magic and ghastly, ghostly violence rarely seen in literature. The Monk is remarkably modern in style and tells a breathless tale of temptation, imprisonment and betrayal. Matthew Lewis recounts the downfall of Ambrosio, the holier-than-thou monk seduced within the walls of a Madrid abbey until he heads for the utter corruption of the soul. Meanwhile, two sets of young lovers are thwarted and the reader thrills to pursuits through the woods by bandits and is chilled by the spectre of nuns imprisoned in vermin-ridden and skeleton-crowded vaults. Late Eighteenth Century audiences were polarised in opinion as to the novel's merits. Lord Byron and the Marquis de Sade were impressed by Lewis's daring, while Coleridge warned parents against The Monk's suitability for their sons or daughters, describing the novel as 'poison for youth. If you want a novel that still terrifies, over two hundred years after it was written, there is none finer than The Monk. With an Introduction by Kathryn White.* This is a VG text copy of the 1st. thus with no only minor faults.* 2009-08-05. n.