The Conan Doyle Stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ~ Rare 1st & D/J ~ 1960

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The CONAN DOYLE Stories 6 Volumes in 1 The Ring and the Camp / Pirates and Blue Water / Terror and Mystery Twilight and the Unseen / Adventure and Medical Life / Tales of Long Ago 76 Stories - 1216 pages 'There is an error in how many pages there actually are because there are in fact 1202 pages'. by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Published by John Murray First Edition in One Volume 1960 NINTH - IMPRESSION Preface by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE is dated : April 26, 1929 CONDITION & DESCRIPTION: [couple of bonus items described at end] A facsimile of the first impression dustjacket accompanies this book. On the inner prelim of the dustjacket, there is a message from Sir Winston Churchill who wrote: 'Of course I read every Sherlock Holmes story, but the works I like even more than the detective stories are the great historical novels which, like Sherlock Holmes, have certainly found a permanent place in English literature.'. This volume comprises most of Conan Doyle's short stories other than those relating to the great detective Sherlock Holmes. The dustjacket bears the price of 20s net to the bottom of the inner front prelim. The dustjacket that this facsimile was produced from had light water damage to the bottom. It was a little soiled in general but it still looks good on the book. The dustjacket is enclosed in a plastic protective read more