Title: The Beetle Hunter
Title Record # 603229
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1898-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Series: Round the Fire
Series Number: 1
Language: English
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Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1898-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Series: Round the Fire
Series Number: 1
Language: English
Note: Non-speculative mystery story (one of Doyle's many mysteries in which the perpetrator is a madman). First published in the Strand Magazine, June 1898.
Synopsis: "An unemployed doctor answers an advert in the Standard and goes for an interview with Lord Linchfield who requires a strong man with a good knowledge of beetles. They go... to Delamere Court, home of tall eccentric beetle expert Sir Thomas Rossiter...." (Books & Boots) The events of the first night of their stay demonstrate why the doctor was summoned.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Round the Fire Stories | 1908-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | The McClure Company |
3+ 356 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Round the Fire Stories | 1908-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Smith, Elder & Co. | 6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
382 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Tales of Terror and Mystery | 1922-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | John Murray | 2/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
310 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Conan Doyle Stories | 1929-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | John Murray | 20/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
xii+ 1201 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Conan Doyle Stories | 1939-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | John Murray |
xii+ 1201 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Conan Doyle Stories | 1940-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | John Murray |
xii+ 1201 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Conan Doyle Stories | 1945-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | John Murray |
xii+ 1201 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Conan Doyle Stories | 1949-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | John Murray | 7/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
xii+ 1201 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Conan Doyle Stories | 1951-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | John Murray |
xii+ 1201 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Conan Doyle Stories | 1956-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | John Murray |
xii+ 1201 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Conan Doyle Stories | 1960-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | John Murray |
xii+ 1201 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Round the Fire Stories | 1991-05-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Chronicle Books | 0-87701-883-9 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
226 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Alex Laurant | |
Round the Fire Stories | 2015-12-22 | Arthur Conan Doyle | MysteriousPress.com / Open Road | 978-1-4804-5343-2 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Round the Fire Stories | 2017-02-04 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Project Gutenberg | 54109 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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