Round the Fire Stories by Conan Doyle A (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fairly Good. No Jacket. New Edition. Spine very worn and frayed, split completely down rear joint; flyleaf missing, corners bruised. Red cloth, gilt and black titles on spine. Tauchnitz volume 4077. 17 of Doyle's weird and grotesque stories.

Condition: DISCRETO USATO. Collection of british and american authors INGLESE Libro usato che potrebbe presentare segni di usura e del tempo. Possono esserci danni alla copertina. La rilegatura potrebbe essere allentata, ma l'integrità non à compromessa. Potrebbero esserci scritte, sottolineature ed evidenziazioni al testo. Le pagine potrebbero presentare ingiallimento e fioritura come i tagli. Alcuni piccoli fori di tarlo. La foto corrisponde al libro in vendita. Altre foto su richiesta. Numero pagine 350.…

Brossura. Condition: ottimo. prima edizione. Prestigiosa prima edizione della Tauchnitz. In brossura in condizioni ottime. Qualche macchia sulla prima di copertina.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition. The first edition of this anthology of short stories from the renowned author of the 'Sherlock' stories, Arthur Conan Doyle The first edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece by A. Castaigne. Collated, complete.An anthology of seventeen short stories by the renowned author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Arthur Conan Doyle. This collection includes tales of the grotesque and terrible, such as; 'The Leather Funnel', 'The Beetle Hunter', 'The Man with the Watches', 'The Pot of Caviare', 'The', 'Japanned Box', 'The Black Doctor', 'Playing with Fire', 'The Jew's Breastplate', 'The Lost Special', 'The Club-Footed Grocer', 'The Sealed Room', 'The Brazilian Cat', 'The Usher of Lea House School', 'The Brown Hand', 'The Fiend of the Cooperage', 'Jelland's Voyage' and 'B. 24'.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with slight fading to the spine with closed tears to the head and tail, minimal edge wear to the boards and damp staining to the rear board. Small tidemarks to the rear endpapers with minor spotting. Internally, binding starting in places, with generally bright pages with the odd spot. Good. A. Castaigne (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: very good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. Copyright Date 1908, Red Cloth Over Boards With Gold Lettering And Design On The Front And On The Spine. No Tears, Bent Pages, Previous Owner's Stamp On The Inside Front Cover. Light Foxing To The For Edges, Bottom Page Edges Are Not Cut. No Dust Jacket. Light Fading To The Spine. Text And Illustration Is Bright And Clean, Binding Is Secure, A Solid Collectible Book. Size: 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. A. Castaigne (illustrator).…

First Edition. A Collection of Short Stories to be Read Round the Fire on a Winter's Night "Concerned with the Grotesque and with the Terrible" DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Round the Fire Stories. With a frontispiece by A. Castaigne. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1908. First English edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches; 191 x 124 mm.). [viii], [1]-372, [373-376, publisher's catalog] pp. With a tipped-in frontispiece by A. Castaigne. Publisher's dark red cloth, front cover blocked and titled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, white endpapers, lower edges uncut. Minimal darkening to spine, a few slight marginal smudges, otherwise near fine. 6,000 copies were published on 24th September 1908 priced 6/-. "In a previous volume, "The Green Flag," I have assembled a number of my stories which deal with warfare or with sport. In the present collection those have been brought together which are concerned with the grotesque and with the terrible - such tales as might well be read "round the fire" upon a winter's night. This would be my ideal atmosphere for such stories, if an author might choose his time and place as an artist does the light and hanging of his picture. However, if they have the good fortune to give pleasure to any one, at any time or place, their author will be very satisfied." (Preface). Green & Gibson A33a.…