IN the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army.
An edition of A Study in Scarlet
(1887)
A study in scarlet
Centenary facsimile ed.
by Arthur Conan Doyle
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A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in literature.
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A Study in Scarlet (Annotated)
2014-07-11, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Edition Notes
Reprint of the 1887 edition published by Ward, Lock. Original published as Beeton's Christmas annual, 1887.
Publication data from book jacket. Issued in a box.
Centenary facsimile edition limited to 550 copies.
Burns Library copy: bookplate: "From the library of Graham Greene" ; presentation copy reads "this is my father's first Sherlock Holmes story" signed Jean Conan Doyle ; no. 374.
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| March 6, 2023 | Edited by AgentSapphire | merge authors |
| March 6, 2023 | Edited by lisaBot | migrate edition(s) to primary work |
| November 27, 2022 | Edited by mheimanbot | Fixed author redirect |
| November 29, 2018 | Edited by mda1961 | ISBN 13 added on 11/28/2018 |
| October 27, 2008 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from bcl_marc record |