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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859?1930). The Refugees. London: Long...

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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859?1930). The Refugees. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. 3 volumes, crown 8vo. Publisher?s light green cloth, spines lettered in dark green, decorative endpapers (spotting or pale staining to covers, spines darkened and a little cocked, else contents bright). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, one of only 1000 copies printed. Set in Louis XIV?s court, the story follows an American visitor which the author describes as ?something new in the way of an American historical novel?. Green and Gibson A12a.