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1978DIBDINMI004694Jonathan Cape London. 1978. First edition. Octavo. 192 pages. We have just come across Peter Jolliffe's description of a copy he catalogued in 1997. It is presented below for those who remember one of the greatest bookmen of his generation.'The author's brilliant albeit flawed Sherlockian first book - e.g. on the night Watson discovers Sherlock Holmes is Jack the Ripper whoops a little bit of the plot given away - my apologies S.H. tries to get rid of Dr. W. by telling him to fetch the police whilst he S.H. goes after the ripper. Dr. W. however does not go for the police but shadows S.H. instead. Now why does not S.H. notice the clod-hopping Dr. W. following behind. We are told elsewhere that S.H. is accoutred with the finest reactions and senses and that he could shake off any shadower with ease. Surely the still clod-hopping Dr. W. would have been meat and drink to him. But that is a mere quibble - there is a far graver flaw. S.H. tells Dr. W. to fetch the police as he feels that the ripper is about to strike. Dr. W. instead of going for the police follows S.H. and consequently witnesses a dreadful murder - accomplished by S.H. ! Why does not S.H. the following day say to Dr. W.: ''So what happened to the police - they never arrived - nor for that matter did you.'' Why were his suspicions about the activities of Dr. W. the previous night not severely roused And if the police and Dr. W. had arrived S.H. would have been finished anyway. There's also a major flaw in the final scene at the Reichenbach falls but I've forgotten what that is.'Fine in fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Jonathan Cape, London. unknown
85512London: Jonathan Cape: 1978 First Edition Bds pp. 192. First Edition. Fine in like dust-jacket price-clipped by the publisher and with four pounds ninety-five sticker added. unknown
175916Jonathan Cape 1978. first edition octavo black boards with gilt lettering to spine 192pp fine in nr fine d/w Jonathan Cape 1978 hardcover
197835687New York: Knopf 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Light area of residue from a removed book plate small address sticker owner pressed in stamp. Stated First American Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Knopf hardcover
197851171New York: Knopf 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. remainder mark tear to bottom front panel tear with creasing to top rear panel boards slightly bowed. Stated First American Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Knopf hardcover
197816560New York: Pantheon Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394500652 . A handsome first US edition/first printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story is the last installment in the Sherlock Holmes series written by Michael Dibdin. The book follows the life of Sherlock Holmes after his death and his friend Dr. John Watson's attempts to keep his memory alive.; 8vo; 192 pages . Pantheon Books hardcover
197817056New York: Pantheon Books 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth dust jacket. 192pp. Fine/fine. Handsome tight first edition of this author's first book -- good as it gets. Pantheon Books hardcover
197816395NY: PANTHEON. 1978. Fine. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0224015788 . First American Edition. REVIEW COPY. Publisher's slip laid-in Fine in a fine dj. Author's FIRST book. . NY: PANTHEON. 1978 hardcover
197810197PANTHEON. NY 1978. Fine. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0224015788 . First American edition. Fine in fine dj. No remainder marks! No fading to the light sensitive color on spine of dj. Author's FIRST book. . PANTHEON. NY 1978 hardcover
19785347CAPE. LONDON 1978. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in priceclipped otherwise fine dust jacket. Couple tiny spots of soiling on front end paper. Author's FIRST book. . CAPE. LONDON 1978 hardcover
197817262Jonathan Cape: London 1978. First edition & 1st printing. Hardcover. The author's first book in which Holmes attempts to solve the Ripper murders. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket as new. Jonathan Cape: London hardcover
1978A105471London: Cape 1978. 1st edition. Near Fine. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 192pp. Neat ownership signature o/w very nice copy in clipped dust jacket Cape hardcover
0330325566.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0571154506.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2003Q-0375700102Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2003-07-08. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage Crime/Black Lizard paperback
1997Q-0679768556Vintage Books 1997-07-14. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage Books paperback
1991Q-0385421206Doubleday 1991-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Doubleday hardcover
2011Q-0571271561Faber & Faber 2011-03-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Faber & Faber paperback
199026298London: Faber and Faber. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0571143326 . Bottom corners slightly tapped and the dust jacket front fold has a crimp at the bottom corner. Modest tanning to the page edges. The second Inspector Zen mystery. ; 281 pages . Faber and Faber hardcover
1990020189London / Boston: Faber & Faber 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page. Clean and unmarked. . Faber & Faber Hardcover
99490faber and faber 1990 london. first edition octavo lilac cloth boards with white lettering 281pp FINE in Near Fine d/w light rubbing faber and faber 1990 london hardcover
1998Q-067976853XVintage Crime/Black Lizard 1998-09-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage Crime/Black Lizard paperback
1999Q-057119639XGardners Books 1999-01-31. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Gardners Books paperback
59323London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol Shakspeare Press and Sold by Payne and Foss Longman Hurst and Co. 1821. Bibliographical Travel FIRST EDITION. Complete in three volumes. Octavo 27 x 18cm pp.6 xxxii; 462; lxxx 2; pp.6 555 3; pp.6 622; lxii 2.With a total of 146 engraved illustrations including 83 plates and 63 in-text. Occasional use of colour as in the facsimile of a section from the Bayeux Tapestry and occasional hinged plates. Also including two indexes of Books and Manuscripts and of Persons Places and Things to volume I and the Supplement to volume III. Contemporary or slightly later green half morocco with raised bands gilt titles and decoration to spines and marbled paper over boards. Top edges gilt; others untrimmed. Generally quite a clean copy with some light occasional spotting to plates and some offsetting to facing leaves. Volume II has a number of small repaired chips and tears to the margins of some leaves while volume I has recently been re-cased including new leather applied to hinges and the tail-cap and a new tail-band. Repairs also to hinges. Moderate wear to bindings with rubbing chipping and re-colouring to bands hinges and corners and some wear to marbled boards. Very good. The first of the inimitable Rev. Dibdin's Bibliographical Antiquarian tours made shortly after the end of the long-running wars with France along with everyone else and his dog who could afford it apparently. Dibdin's tour however is unique in being one made with the chief purpose of admiring fine libraries across the continent though of course architecture and local manners are considered as well. Dibdin is best-known as the founder of the Roxburghe Club convened initially to mark the sale of the Duke of Roxburghe's famous library in June 1812 and then re-formed each year on its anniversary. It became the very first Book Club and remains the most exclusive in the world with no more than 40 active members at any one time. London: Printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press, and Sold by Payne and Foss, Longman, Hurst and Co., unknown
1829049581London: Robert Jennings and John Major 1829. Book. VG. Full-Leather. 2nd Edition. Complete in three 3 volumes uniformly bound in original full polished calf gilt-ruled boards rebacked in brown cloth with gold foil title and volume labels in burgundy and black mounted on spine panels new endsheets original marbled text block edges. 2nd edition. xlii422 iv428 iv482 pp. illus. w/ engraved frontis. portrait in each volume engraved plates w/ guards cuts in text. Interiors show scattered foxing generally light otherwise clean nicely intact. Boards show mild surface rubbing mostly toward edges most corners showing exposure but not layered or excessively worn. A sound attractive set scarce. Robert Jennings and John Major Hardcover
