Watson dr john h (12 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Crown Publishers New York January 1978 8vo. 152 pages. black and white cloth boards moderately rubbed and soiled. spine age toned and rubbed. sharpie mark to ffep. binding tight.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Near Fine dj. First Edition. [nice copy, no discernible wear but with remainder spray on the bottom of the text block, and a one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket has a couple of tiny and unobtrusive closed tears at the top edge of the front panel]. An account of "the blackest mystery in Holmes's career," concerning an urgent plea from Queen Victoria herself for Holmes to take over the investigation of the murder of a Member of Parliament, which has baffled Scotland Yard. "As Holmes and Watson stalk a diabolical foe through the nether regions of London, they uncover horrors that threaten to destroy forever the very codes that hold together Victorian society. So terrifying were the implications of the Jekyll-Hyde case that it could only be recounted at the time by [Robert Louis] Stevenson as fiction. Here finally is the entire first-hand account of this heinous crime as recorded by Dr. Watson. And an explanation of the circumstances that demanded that Holmes's involvement in the matter be kept secret. Until now.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, 3rd Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Crown Publishers, 1979. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine dj. First Edition. [no discernible shelfwear, a nice clean book except for the former owner's name, date & place of purchase, and brief editorial commentary, all in ink on the front endpaper; the jacket shows just a touch of surface-soiling]. (B&W photographs) "Amid the drugs and cult mysticism of the Edwardian Underworld, Sherlock Holmes encounters the world's most evil genius, and his plan to destroy Western civilization." The Sherlockian-pastiche adventure begins when a telegram arrives at 221B Baker Street from Bertrand Russell, begging Holmes to come to Cambridge to investigate "the theft of a uniquely precious treasure -- the mind of Ludwig Wittgenstein" who has mysteriously become lethargic and paranoid. John Maynard Keynes, G.E. Moore, and other members of the Cambridge Apostles figure into the narrative, as do Aleister Crowley, Lytton Strachey, and even Virginia Woolf. Illustrated by (dj design) Charles Mikolaycak (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Mass market paperback. Fine condition. First edition, first printing thus, after the 1974 hardcover edition. Farmer is credited as "the true author of VENUS ON THE HALF-SHELL." First paperback edition of this classic Sherlockian pastiche featuring Holmes and Lord Greystoke (aka Tarzan) battling German agent Von Bork (of "His Last Bow") in Africa in 1916. Farmer was the "American Agent for the Estates of Dr. Watson, Lord Greystoke, David Copperfield, Martin Eden, and Don Quixote.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Very Good+ dj. First Edition. [no discernible wear to book, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper; the mostly-white jackets shows a bit of soiling and scuffing]. (pen and ink drawings) "In this exciting adventure, Holmes and Watson solve one of the most amazing mysteries of their long career, when Jumbo, the well-known Barnum and Bailey elephant, disappears without a trace. You will meet such colorful and exciting characters of the circus as P.T. Barnum himself, Lord George Sanger (one of the most highly respected men in circus life), Matthew Scott (Jumbo's notorious trainer), and many others." NOTE that this copy is NOT one of the 60 copies signed by Lane and Decker on the limitation page. Illustrated by Jeff Decker (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Fine dj. First Edition. [nice clean book with no discernible wear, but with a previous owner's name plus date & place of purchase written in ink at the top of the front endpaper; the jacket is flawless]. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet Tarzan in this imaginative pastiche, set during World War I. When the duo undertake a perilous mission to British East Africa to recover a deadly secret formula that's been stolen from the Allies, and are captured by and then escape from the Germans, and then get lost, it's Lord Greystoke who comes to their rescue.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good or better in an about Very good dust jacket. There are about 10 tears on dust jacket (1/2 inch or smaller), and the former owner's name is inside.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Dustwrapper spine browned.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 60 pages. Features: Nice colver illustration of Bride on green background; Charming colour-photo ad for Sweet Caporal cigarettes inside front cover shows two well-dressed ladies walking dog; Brief news article on Russia refers to "the wholesale butchering of men who were Stalin's chief associates for years but came to be regarded as him as rivalsor as obstacles to his being a more autocratic ruler than any Czar ever was."; Nice one-page Maxwell House coffee illustrated ad; The Call to National Defence; Testing Canadian Democracy; The Peril of Czechoslovakia; Economic Demobilization; Salvage (part I of short story); Payoff (short story); The Autobiography of Sir Herbert Barker - part I on the manipulative surgeon who was for 20 years sneered at as "Barker the Bone Setter"; The Bogus Artist (short story); Desert Promise (short story); In Beautiful Bohemia - photo-illustrated article on Czechoslovakia written shortly before Germany's recent annexation of Austria;; The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (short story); Royal and Ancient Gossip - Golf article with photos of C. Ross Somerville, Heather Leslie and Harry Cooper, plus marvelous colour photo of Mrs. John A. Rogers of Winnipeg and Mrs. Eric Phillips of Oshawa at the Niakwa Club; Palmolive soap article includes illustration of the Dionne Quints; Movies news and photos of Shirley Temple, Maxine Jennings, Rochelle Hudson, Dorothy Moore, Hugh Herbert and Bob Burns; Your Leading Man - book about marriage/relationships; Nice illustrated ad for Sisman's Scampers (shoes) inside back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Smith, Hal (cover); Watson, Emmett; Holmgren, John; Clymer, John; Burke, May C.; Smith, Ralph C.; Diamond, Samuel; Phillips, John (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 56 pages. Features: Brief news items - The Dominion's 71st Birthday, No Province Can Live to Itself, Unwholesome Periodicals, Women Under Fascism and Communism, Dominion Day, The South African Election, and Franco-Italian Conversations; Land of Wish-It-Were (verse); Air Liner (part 1 of this short story); Just Beginning (short story); Man the Lifeboat - interesting photo-illustrated article on lifeboats and their need; Smooth Joe (short story); The Autobiography of Sir Herbert Barker (part II); Salvage (conclusion); Golf's Grand Old Man - photo-illustrated article on George S. Lyon; Palmolive ad features the Dionne Quints; Hollywood news, with photos of Edna May Oliver, Spencer Tracy, Alice Brady, Cora Witherspoon, John Barrymore, and others; The Dead Letter (short story); Dr. Robert H. Coats, Keeper of the Domesday Book, Custodian of the Censuses of Canada; Sweet Caporal cigarette ad features photo of dog "Bob", an Alsatian owned by Miss Elizabeth Brice of Westmount, Quebec; Business News/Personal Finance article; Summer cookery article; Glammour Girl in the Making - illustrated fashion article; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; National Home Monthly Magazine, July 1938 - Lifeboats / Sir Herbert Barker / Golf's Grand Old Man - George S. Lyon The Dominion's 71st Birthday, No Province Can Live to Itself, Unwholesome Periodicals, Women Under Fascism and Communism, Dominion Day, The. Illustrated by Sambrook, Russell (cover ); Clymer, John F.; Garland, C.George; Smith, Ralph C.; Watson, Emmett; Lowthian, Louis R.; Phillips, John (illustrator).…