‘Dangerous Work.’ Diary of an Arctic Adventure. Ed. John Lellenberg and Daniel Stashower.

Name: ‘Dangerous Work.’ Diary of an Arctic Adventure. Ed. John Lellenberg and Daniel Stashower.
Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan.

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First edition, one of 150 copies for the “Special Edition”. 4to. pp. [8], 368; illusts., maps; as new in original cloth-backed boards, gilt, in the original slipcase.

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In 1880, Conan Doyle - later to become the creator of the Sherlock Holmes stories - sailed as a ship’s surgeon aboard the Arctic Whaler Hope from Peterhead into northern waters. This is the first publication of his diary, which contains a high quality reproduction of the original journals together with an annotated transcription.

Author Doyle, Arthur Conan.

Date 2012

Binding Original cloth-backed boards in slipcase

Publisher London: The British Library

Condition See description

Pages [8], 368

Price: £125.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

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