Special Collections

Introduction
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4

C. Selected and Complete Tales

 

 

C1831. The Adventure of the Speckled Band and Other Stories of Sherlock Holmes. With an introduction and notes by William S. Baring-Gould. [New York]: New American Library, [October 1965]. xv, 17-287 p.

"A Signet Classic, CD324."

Title from cover.

Title on t.p.: The Adventures [sic] of the Speckled Band and Other Stories of Sherlock Holmes.

Cover profile of Holmes by James Hill.

Contents: Introducing Mr. Sherlock Holmes, by William S. Baring-Gould. -- 1. Spec. -- 2. Scan. -- 3. RedH. -- 4. Blue. -- 5. Musg. -- 6. Nava. -- 7. Silv. -- 8. Fina. -- 9. Empt. -- 10. Bruc. -- 11. Danc. -- 12. SixN. -- Notes. -- Bibliography.

2nd printing October 1971; 3rd printing December 1972; 4th printing July 1974 (CQ783); 5th printing September 1975; 6th printing August 1977 (CW1063); 7th printing December 1981 (CJ1642).

 

C1832. The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. New York: The Modern Library, [n.d., May 1946]. vi, 612 p.

"Modern Library Books, No. 206."

Published by Random House.

Published in various bindings and jackets.

 

C1833. Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: Adventures, Memoirs and Sign of Four. Preston: James Askew & Son, [n.d.]. 157, 157, 124 p.

Cover title: Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and Sign of Four.

Spine title: Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Etc.

Cover illustration of Holmes and Watson; spine illustration of Holmes.

Frontispiece of Doyle.

Three of the Newnes' Sixpenny series bound together in one volume.

Adventures and Memoirs printed in double columns. Adventures is illustrated by Paget and Sign by Townsend.

Light brown cloth.

Also, deep blue cloth.

 

C1834. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. With an introduction by Jacques Barzun. New York: Bantam Books, [March 1985]. xix, 266 p.

Cover artwork by Michael David Brown.

"All 13 great stories from the PBS-TV series."

Contents: Introduction. -- Resi. -- Scan. -- Blue. -- Spec. -- Danc. -- Gree. -- Norw. -- Nava. -- RedH. -- Croo. -- Soli. -- Copp. -- Fina.

 

C1835. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [New York: Dell Pub. Co., March 1985.] 319 p.

Cover illustration of Jeremy Brett and David Burke by Paul Davis Studio.

Contents: Spec. -- Blue. -- Copp. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Soli. -- Nava. -- Danc. -- Resi. -- Gree. -- Norw. -- Fina. -- Croo.

 

C1836. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Richard M. Powers. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., [Illustrations c.1956]. 312 p.

Blue cloth lettered black and gilt on spine; golden endpapers.

Jacket illustration by Jack Woolhiser.

Contents: Scan. -- RedH. -- Iden. -- Bosc. -- Five. -- Twis. -- Blue. -- Sign.

 

C1837. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Richard M. Powers. Garden City, N.Y.: Junior Deluxe Editions (Nelson Doubleday), [1956]. 312 p.

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Light blue and gray cloth lettered black on spine; street scenes with Holmes on front and back covers; top edge tinted.

Contents as above.

 

C1838. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. A definitive text, corrected and edited by Edgar W. Smith, with an introduction by Vincent Starrett, and illustrated selective collation of the original illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and others. Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, [1981]. xxvi, 764 p. illus. (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

Original frontispiece portrait of Doyle.

Black leather with hubbed spine; letters and repetitive design of a magnifying glass in gilt; gilt edges; orange cloth endpapers with matching ribbon page marker.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- Adventures. -- Memoirs.

 

C1839. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adapted by Olive Eckerson. Edited by Wallace R. Murray. New York: Globe Book Co., [1950]. viii, 225 p.

Illustrated with photographs from the Twentieth Century-Fox film version of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Light and dark green cloth with cover design by Lawrence Schaeffer; endpaper map of the London of Sherlock Holmes.

Published in two different weights of paper and variant cover illustrations.

Contents: To the Teacher, by O.E. -- To the Reader, by O.E. -- A Word from Doctor Watson. -- 1. Spec. -- 2. Twis. -- 3. Blue. -- 4. Fina. -- 5. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. -- 6. Empt. -- 7. Prio. -- 8. SixN. -- 9. The Adventure of the Lion's Mane: A Radio Play. -- A Few Words About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Also includes study questions at the end of each story.

Reprinted 1967 in light and dark blue cloth.

 

C1840. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [Adapted by Olive Eckerson and Wallace R. Murray. Illustrations by Ned Glattauer.] [New York: Globe Book Co., 1979.] viii, 181 p. illus. (Adapted Classic Tales)

Contents: About the Author. -- Adapter's Note. -- Preface. -- A Word from Dr. Watson. -- Spec. -- Twis. -- Blue. -- Fina. -- The Return of Sherlock Holmes. -- Empt. -- Prio. -- SixN. -- Map: The London of Sherlock Holmes. -- Reviewing Your Reading.

 

C1841. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [Adapted by Olive Eckerson and Wallace R. Murray. Illustrations by Ned Glattauer.] Markham, Ontario: Globe/Modern Curriculum Press, [1979]. viii, 181 p. illus.

Contents as above.

 

C1842. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. 3rd ed. [Adapted by Olive Eckerson and Wallace R. Murray. Illustrations by Ned Glattauer.] [New York: Globe Book Co., 1984]. viii, 181 p. (Adapted Classic Tales)

----------. Adapted Classic Tales. Teaching Guide. Introduction by Julie DeWitt. New York: Globe Book Co., [n.d.]. p. 22-23.

 

C1843. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [London]: Panther Books/Granada Publishing, [1984]. 365 p.

Cover photograph by Stewart Darby of Jeremy Brett and David Burke in the Granada Television series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Contents: 1. Scan. -- 2. Soli. -- 3. Spec. -- 4. Nava. -- 5. Danc. -- 6. Croo. -- 7. Blue. -- 8. Resi. -- 9. Gree. -- 10. Norw. -- 11. Copp. -- 12. RedH. -- 13. Fina.

 

C1844. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Girard, Kans.: Haldeman-Julius Co., [n.d.]. 64 p. 5 x 3 1/2 in. (Little Blue Book, No. 1029. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius)

Light brown paper covers.

Contents: Spec. -- Nobl.

 

C1845. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Girard, Kans.: Haldeman-Julius Co., [n.d.]. 64 p. 5 x 3 1/2 in. (Little Blue Book, No. 1029. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius)

Cover title: Two Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Yellow pictorial paper covers.

Contents as above.

 

C1846. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [Preface by R.B.L. and R.B.M.] London: John Murray, [November 1923]. 188 p. (Modern English Series)

Frontispiece by Philip Simmonds.

Red cloth lettered black.

Contents: RedH. -- Five. -- Blue. -- Spec. -- Reig. -- Fina. -- Glossary. -- Questions.

 

C1847. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1981. 96 p. illus. (Oxford Progressive English Readers, Grade 1)

"Retold by J.C. Richards. Illustrated by Alice Wolff. Simplified according to the language grading scheme especially compiled by D.H. Howe."

Contents: 1. Danc. -- 2. 3Stu. -- 3. Dyin. -- 4. Lady. -- 5. RedH. -- 6. Blue. -- Questions.

4th impression 1984 (cover illustration by Victor Ho).

 

C1848. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Parents' Magazine Press, [1964]. 422 p. (Keepworthy Classics)

Published in "Lifetime Library Binding."

Cover and jacket design by Albert J. Nagy.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- Scan. -- Bosc. -- Iden. -- RedH.

2nd printing, n.d.; 3rd printing, n.d.

 

C1849. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Parents' Magazine Cultural Institute, [1966, c.1964]. 422 p. (Classics to Grow On)

Contents as above.

 

C1850. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adapted by Malvina G. Vogel. Illustrations by Brendan Lynch. New York: Playmore/Waldman Pub. Corp., [1983]. 238 p. 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (Illustrated Classic Editions)

"Moby Books."

Cover illustration by Al Leiner.

Contents: RedH. -- Spec. -- Copp.

 

C1851. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Copyright edition. In two volumes. Vol. I. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1893. 272 p. (Tauchnitz Edition, Collection of British Authors, Vol. 2896)

Gray cloth with design and letters in gilt; marbled endpapers and edges.

Contents: Scan. -- RedH. -- Iden. -- Bosc. -- Five. -- Twis.

Also contains: The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Copyright edition. In two volumes. Vol. II. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1905. 287 p. (Tauchnitz Edition, Collection of British Authors, Vol. 3797)

Contents: Chas. -- SixN. -- 3Stu. -- Gold. -- Miss. -- Abbe. -- Seco.

 

C1852. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [Mahwah, N.J.: Watermill Press, 1980]. 237 p.

"A Watermill Classic."

Cover illustration of someone pointing a revolver at Holmes.

Published in hardcover ("long-last") and paperback editions.

Contents: RedH. -- Nava. -- Musg. -- Blue. -- Engr. -- Bery.

 

C1853. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Ltd., 1992.] 446 p. illus. (Wordsworth Classics) (The Complete Sherlock Holmes, 1)

Cover design by Robert Mathias. Cover illustration by Sidney Paget. Color version and reproduction courtesy of Michael Coote.

Reproduced from The Strand Magazine.

Note: The type in this paperback is too small for pleasurable reading.

Contents: Introduction. -- Stud. -- Sign. -- Adventures.

 

C1854. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. [New York: The Benjamin Co. for Flint Laboratories, n.d., 1970.] 1 v. (various pagings) 5 3/8 x 4 3/16 in. (Sherlock Holmes, Bk. 6)

Contents: Five. -- Engr. -- Blue. -- Nobl. -- RedH.

One of six Sherlock Holmes promotional booklets distributed to physicians in the U.S.

Booklet also listed in a set.

 

C1855. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. With the original illustrations by Sidney Paget. [Introductions by Robert Howe Ashby.] [New York]: A & W Visual Library, [1975]. 2 v. (317, 279 p.).

Boxed edition.

Title from box.

Volumes also issued and listed separately.

 

C1856. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The Sign of Four. London: George Newnes, Ltd., [n.d.]. 157, 157, 124 p.

Three of the Newnes' Sixpenny Novels bound together in one volume.

Adventures and Memoirs printed in double columns. Adventures is illustrated by Paget and Sign by Townsend.

Red cloth lettered black on cover and gilt on spine; floral design in black; edges gilt; dark blue endpapers.

First appearance of any Holmes "omnibus" volume.

 

C1857. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The Sign of Four. London: George Newnes, Ltd., [n.d.]. 157, 157, 124 p.

Dark red cloth.

Similar to above but without illustrations and a different design on cover and spine; black endpapers.

 

C1858. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The Sign of Four. London: George Newnes, Ltd., [n.d.]. 157, 157, 124 p.

Title from cover and spine.

Reddish brown cloth lettered black on cover and gilt on spine; floral design in black; edges gilt.

 

C1859. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The Sign of Four. London: George Newnes, etc., [n.d.]. 157, 157, 124 p.

Title from cover and spine.

On spine: Cambridge; Birmingham.

Dark green cloth with floral design and letters in gilt; edges gilt.

 

C1860. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The Sign of Four. London: George Newnes, etc., [n.d.]. 157, 157, 124 p.

Title from cover.

Dark green and red cloth lettered gilt; edges gilt.

Three volumes bound in one.

Awarded as school prizes in 1911.

 

C1861. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. [Illustrated by Ian Beck.] [London]: Octopus Books Ltd., [1985]. 348 p.

Half-title: The Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes.

Simulated blue bonded leather with design and letters in gilt; gilt edges; light blue endpapers.

 

C1862. The Annotated Sherlock Holmes. The four novels and the fifty-six short stories complete, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Edited, with an introduction, notes, and bibliography by William S. Baring-Gould. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, [1967]. 2 v. (688, 824 p.).

"Illustrated with maps, diagrams, coats-of-arms, photographs, and drawings by Charles Doyle, Howard K. Elcock, D.H. Friston, A. Gilbert, James Grieg, George Hutchinson, William H. Hyde, Charles Raymond Macauley, Sidney Paget, Frederic Dorr Steele, Arthur Twidle, Frank Wiles, and numerous others."

Boxed set.

Dark green cloth lettered gilt on spines; covers blank; endpaper maps of Sherlock Holmes's London by Julian Wolff.

Book designed by Sally Stein.

Dark green jackets, designed by Chris Simon; repeated on box. Nineteen chapters of Baring-Gould's brilliant study of the Sacred Writings are devoted to an examination of the following topics: 1. Conan Doyle and the tales. -- 2. The translations, parodies and pastiches. -- 3. The Writings about the Writings. -- 4. Stage and film versions of the tales. -- 5. The illustrators and illustrations. -- 6. The Societies. -- 7. Exhibitions and memorials. -- 8. Sherlock Holmes. -- 9. Dr. Watson. -- 10. Professor Moriarty. -- 11. 221b Baker Street. -- 12. "What Is It That We Love in Sherlock Holmes," by Edgar W. Smith. -- 16. The three chronological breaks in the Holmes -Watson partnership. -- 18. Dr. Roylott's messenger of death. -- 22. Dr. Watson's three marriages and wives. -- 34. Dr. Watson's two wounds. -- 48. The Great Hiatus and Reichenbach. -- 75. On "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone". -- 77. Holmes's retirement.

The remaining chapters comprising the John Murray text of the sixty tales are arranged according to Baring-Gould's chronology and contain copious marginal notes and illustrations.

The two volumes were offered by the Mystery Guild as an inducement to membership in its book club (a full-page ad appeared on page 52 of The New York Times Book Review for February 22, 1970).

Also printed by Crown with the John Murray imprint in 1968 and issued in red jackets.

Published in a pirated edition in Taipei in 1968.

Published in a second edition with an Index of Titles (p. 806). 7th printing 1972; 11th printing December 1974; 17th printing 1977; 19th printing December 1978; 20th printing 1979.

Also published in a single volume edition by Clarkson N. Potter in 1986.

 

C1863. The Annotated Sherlock Holmes. The four novels and the fifty-six short stories complete, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Edited, with an introduction, notes, and bibliography by William S. Baring-Gould. New York: Wings Books [Random House], [1992]. 1 v. (688, 824 p.)

"Lavishly illustrated with maps, diagrams, photographs and drawings."

Jacket design by Gus Papadopoulos.

 

C1864. The Baker Street Dozen. Edited by Pj Doyle and E.W. McDiarmid. New York: Congdon & Weed, [1987]. xxiv, 354 p.

Jacket design by Georgene Sainati. Jacket typography by Rosemary Morrissey-Herzberg.

Contents: Foreword by John Bennett Shaw. -- Introduction by Jon L. Lellenberg. -- "A Sherlock Holmes Competition," by Bliss Austin. -- Spec. -- "The Speckled Band": Poisonous Snakes and Evil Doctors, by Alvin E. Rodin and Jack D. Key. -- RedH. -- It Was an Adventure -- "The Red-Headed League," by Ann Byerly. -- Danc. -- "The Dancing Men": Riddles of Ridling Thorpe, by Kelvin I. Jones. -- Fina. -- "The Final Problem," by Ely Liebow. -- The Worst of Sherlock Holmes. -- Scan. -- "A Scandal in Bohemia": Bohemian Scandals of 1891, by Allison Janice Cox and J. Randolph Cox. -- Empt. -- "The Adventure of the Empty House," by Joseph B. Connors. -- Five. -- "The Five Orange Pips," by Isaac Asimov. -- Seco. -- "The Second Stain": The Second-Best Case of the Missing Classified Documents, by Bryce Crawford, Jr. -- Devi. -- Devilish Adventures, by Brad Keefauver. -- Twelve Women in the Life of Sherlock Holmes. -- Prio. -- "The Adventure of the Priory School," by George Fletcher. -- Musg. -- The Three Houses in "The Musgrave Ritual," by Derham Groves. -- Reig. -- "The Reigate Squires," by Richard Lancelyn Green. -- Silv. -- "Silver Blaze": Did Sherlock Holmes Fix the Essex Cup Race-- by James Shannon. -- Afterword by Dame Jean Conan Doyle. -- The Twelve Best Films of Sherlock Holmes. -- Twelve of the Best Sherlock Holmes Radio Shows. -- Twelve Portrayals of Sherlock Holmes. -- Twelve Artists Reveal Sherlock Holmes. -- Directory of Sherlock Holmes Societies. -- Index.

 

C1865. The Baker Street Dozen. Edited by Pj Doyle, and E.W. McDiarmid. New York: Congdon & Weed, [1989]. xxiv, 354 p.

Paperback ed.

Contents as above except for George Fletcher's essay on Prio, which has been replaced with one written by the editors.

 

C1866. "The Best of Sherlock Holmes," Selected by Julian Symons. Bestsellers [Viaduct Publications, London], 3, No. 3 (1983). 64 p.

Editor, Deborah Musselwhite; Production, Cathy Buchanan; Graphics, Trevor Wyman; Cover, Tom Chantrell; Text illustrations, C.L. Doughty.

Contents: Introduction, by Julian Symons. -- Scan (in three chapters). -- Resi. -- Stoc. -- Film Special. -- Gree. -- Chas. -- 3Gar. -- Veil.

 

C1867. The Best of Sherlock Holmes. Introduction by H.R.F. Keating. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1992]. 368 p. (Everyman's Library)

Cover illustration of the Vanity Fair Gillette/Holmes caricature by "Spy" (Leslie Ward).

"First published in Everyman's Library as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1983) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)."

 

C1868. The Best of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Ben F. Stahl. A limited edition. Franklin Center, Pa.: The Franklin Library [Franklin Mint Corp], 1977. 643 p. (The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers) Frontispiece of Doyle by Walter Rane.

Dark blue leather with hubbed spine; design and letters in gilt; edges gilt; gray cloth endpapers with matching ribbon page marker.

Contents: Scan. -- RedH. -- Iden. -- Bosc. -- Twis. -- Blue. -- Spec. -- Nobl. -- Copp. -- Silv. -- Musg. -- Nava. -- Fina. -- Empt. -- Norw. -- Danc. -- Soli. -- Blac. -- Chas. -- Bruc. -- Dyin. -- Lady. -- Illu. -- Shos. -- Lion. -- Last.

Issued with an illustrated booklet, Notes from the Editors (22 p.).

 

C1869. The Best of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1948]. 339 p.

"Required -- and chilling -- reading for all mystery fans." (Jacket)

Gray boards with design and letters in dark blue on spine; profile of Holmes in circle on cover; top edge dark blue.

Jacket illustration of a street scene with Holmes.

Contents: Stud. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Sign. -- Bosc.

 

C1870. The Best of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d.]. 339 p.

Three-quarter light brown boards with dark blue cloth spine lettered silver; profile of Holmes in circle on cover; top edge dark blue.

Same jacket illustration as above but with variant ad on back.

 

C1871. The Best of Sherlock Holmes. [Mahwah, N.J.: Watermill Press, 1980.] 233 p.

"A Watermill Classic."

Cover illustration of Holmes fighting off the Speckled Band.

Published in hardcover ("long-last") and paperback editions.

Contents: Spec. -- Silv. -- Scan. -- Danc. -- Fina. -- Empt.

 

C1872. The Best Science Fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle. Edited by Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg. With an introduction by George E. Slusser. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, [1981]. xix, 190 p.

Partial contents: Devi. -- Cree.

 

C1873. Best Stories of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Olindo Giacomini. Racine, Wis.: Golden Books/Western Pub. Co., [1977]. 212 p. (No. 21601)

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Cover illustration of Holmes and Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, by Tom Nachreiner.

Contents: Musg. -- Twis. -- Scan. -- Silv. -- Gree. -- Fina.

2nd printing, n.d. (No. 21601-1).

 

C1874. The Book of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Charlotte Ross. Garden City, N.Y.: Junior Deluxe Editions [Nelson Doubleday, n.d.]. 320 p.

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Three-quarter gray boards with light blue cloth spine lettered black; various illustrations on front and back covers; top edge tinted; light brown endpapers.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Iden. -- Bosc.

 

C1875. The Book of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Charlotte Ross. Garden City, N.Y.: Junior Deluxe Editions [Nelson Doubleday, n.d.]. 320 p. (Rainbow Classics, DLR-28)

Deluxe edition in slipcase.

 

C1876. The Book of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Charlotte Ross. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker. Cleveland and New York: The World Pub. Co., [1950]. 320 p. (Rainbow Classics, DLR-28)

Deluxe edition in slipcase.

Spine and slipcase title: Sherlock Holmes.

Three-quarter beige cloth with dark brown leather spine lettered gilt; design and profile of Holmes in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; street scene with Holmes and Watson on endpapers.

 

C1877. The Book of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Charlotte Ross. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker. Cleveland and New York: The World Pub. Co., [1950]. 320 p. (Rainbow Classics, R-28)

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Jacket title: The Book of Sherlock Holmes.

Gray cloth lettered gilt against red background on spine; profile of Holmes on spine; Sherlockian motifs on front and back covers; top edge tinted red; street scene with Holmes and Watson on endpapers; on t.p.v.: 6WP760.

Also, gray cloth lettered gilt against blue background, otherwise identical; on t.p.v.: WP.8.50.

 

C1878. The Book of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Charlotte Ross. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker. [New York: The World Pub. Co., c.1950.] 320 p. (World Famous Classics)

 

C1879. The Book of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Charlotte Ross. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker. [New York: The World Pub. Co., c.1955]. 320 p. (World Famous Classics)

Dark green cloth with letters and design in gilt on spine; ornate sign with series title blind stamped on cover; gray endpapers.

 

C1880. The Book of the Sleuth: Fourteen Classic Tales of Mystery & Suspense. Edited by Alan K. Russell. Poole: New Orchards Editions, [1986]. 380 p.

Partial contents: Spec. -- Prio.

 

C1881. The Boys' Sherlock Holmes. A selection from the works of A. Conan Doyle. Arranged by Howard Haycraft. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1936 [L-L = November 1936]. xix, 336 p. illus.

Light green cloth lettered green against blue background; endpaper map of Sherlock Holmes's London by George Annand.

Jacket illustration also by Annand of Holmes holding a dagger and magnifying glass.

Also published without endpaper map [L-L = November 1936].

Reprints include: "fifth edition" [B-R = February 1942]; "sixth edition" [G-T = July 1944]; "seventh edition" [F-U = June 1945]; "eighth edition" [G-V = July 1946]; also [A-Y = January 1949]; [I-A = September 1951]; [B-C = February 1953]; [F-E = June 1955]; [E-F = May 1956]; [K-F = October 1956]; [C-I = March 1959].

Contents: Introduction: The True Story of Sherlock Holmes, by Howard Haycraft. -- Pt. 1. Stud. -- Pt. 2. The Original of Sherlock Holmes, by Dr. H.E. Jones. -- Pt. 3. Sign. -- Pt. 4. Selected Short Stories: Spec. -- Nobl. -- Bery. -- Copp. -- Blue.

"A portion of A Study in Scarlet which, it was felt, might be tedious to young readers has been condensed into a brief editor's note; and a few slight omissions have been made in The Sign of the Four for similar reasons." (Introduction)

 

C1882. The Boys' Sherlock Holmes. A selection from the works of A. Conan Doyle. Arranged with introduction by Howard Haycraft. New and enlarged edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, [G-L (July 1961)]. xix, 524 p.

Orange cloth lettered black with silhouette profile of Holmes in ruled border also in black; endpaper map of Sherlock Holmes's London by George Annand.

Reprints include: [M-L = December 1961]; [M-M = December 1962]; [I-N = September 1963]; [K-O = October 1964]; [I-Q = September 1966]; n.d. [no printing code] (plus one endpaper-map variant) (four different prices).

Contents: Introduction: The True Story of Sherlock Holmes, by Howard Haycraft. -- Pt. 1. Stud. -- Pt. 2. The Original of Sherlock Holmes, by Dr. H.E. Jones. -- Pt. 3. Sign. -- Pt. 4. Selected Short Stories: Spec. -- Silv. -- RedH. -- Scan. -- Musg. -- Blue. -- Pt. 5. Houn.

A new and enlarged edition of this Sherlockian landmark, issued on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the original edition, and containing the six short stories voted the best and three of the long stories.

 

C1883. Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Don Irwin. Santa Rosa, Calif.: Classic Press, [1968]. 281 p. (Educator Classic Library, No. 7)

Large type edition, with marginal definitions and illustrations.

Issued in at least three variant bindings: two have the number 7 on the spine but the back covers are in different shades of brown; another lacks the number but has the letters C.P.

Contents: Stud (pt. 1 and chap. 13 and 14 of pt. 2). -- Spec. -- Scan. -- Blue. -- Houn. -- Backword (information about Doyle and document detectives).

 

C1884. Cases of Sherlock Holmes. Adapted by William Kottmeyer. [Full-color edition.] New York: McGraw-Hill International Book Co., [1973]. 118 p. (Adventures in English)

Color illustrations copyright by FEP International Pte. Ltd.

Printed by Kin Keong Printing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

Contents: Spec. -- RedH. -- SixN. -- Empt. -- About the Author (Editor's Note).

 

C1885. Cases of Sherlock Holmes. Adapted by William Kottmeyer. Director, St. Louis Reading Clinic. Illustrated by Joseph Camana. St. Louis: Webster Pub. Co., [1947]. 118 p.

Cover illustration of Holmes holding a set of keys.

Black design on yellow endpapers.

Published in two weights of paper, otherwise identical.

 

C1886. Cases of Sherlock Holmes. Adapted by William Kottmeyer. Illustrated by Joseph Camana. St. Louis: Webster Division, McGraw-Hill Book Co., [1947]. 118 p. (Webster Everyreaders)

Paperback edition with cover illustration of Holmes about to break a bust of Napoleon.

18th printing 1972.

Another printing with statement: "Copyright renewed 1975 by William Kottmeyer."

 

C1887. The Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes. [Illustrated by Ian Beck.] [New York]: Amaranth Press, [1984]. 799 p. illus. (Masters Library)

Simulated brown bonded leather with design and letters in gilt; edges gilt; marbled endpapers.

Contents: Introduction. -- Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- Return. -- Stud. -- Sign. -- Houn.

2nd impression 1985; 4th impression 1986.

 

C1888. The Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes. [Illustrated by Ian Beck.] [London]: Longmeadow Press, [1983]. 799 p. (Treasury of World Masterpieces)

Title from half-title page.

Cover title: The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Spine title: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Simulated blackish blue leather with letters and design in gilt; edges gilt; decorative endpapers.

First published by Octopus Books Ltd., 1981.

2nd impression 1983; 3rd impression 1984; 4th impression 1984.

 

C1889. The Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes. [Illustrated by Ian Beck.] [London]: Octopus Books Ltd., [1981]. 799 p. (Treasury of World Masterpieces)

Title from half-title page and cover.

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Simulated dark green leather with design and letters in gilt; profile of Holmes on front cover; edges gilt; marbled endpapers.

 

C1890. The Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes. [Minneapolis]: Amaranth Press, [n.d., 1986]. xxiv, 808 p. illus. (Masters Library)

Title from cover.

Printed in double columns.

Simulated one-quarter ruby red bonded leather and three-quarter brownish orange bonded leather, with design and letters in gilt; edges gilt; marbled endpapers.

Contents: Foreword by Donald Flanell Friedman. -- A Note on the Text. -- About the Illustrations. -- Publisher's Note. -- Mr. Sherlock Holmes by Dr. Joseph Bell. -- Introduction by Patricia Horan. -- Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- Return. -- Houn. -- Stud. -- Sign. -- Wist. -- Bruc.

Reprint of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Longmeadow Press, 1985.

 

C1891. Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes. [London: Octopus Books Ltd., 1983.] 544 p.

Imitation red leather lettered gilt; edges gilt.

"Published exclusively for Marks and Spencer p.l.c. in 1983 by Octopus Books Ltd."

Contents: Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- Return.

 

C1892. Century of Thrillers. Vol. 1. New York: President Press, [1937]. vii, 367 p.

Partial contents: Spec. -- Blue.

 

C1893. The Classic Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. 37 short stories plus a complete novel, comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles. Reproduced from the original publication in The Strand Magazine with the classic illustrations by Sidney Paget. [Stamford, Conn.]: Longmeadow Press, [1987]. 636 p.

Printed in double columns.

Pink paper boards lettered gilt on spine; fingerprint motif on endpapers.

Jacket illustration by Eric Kincaid. Jacket design by Judith Doud.

A new issue of The Complete Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes (Castle Books, 1976) and The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes (Castle Books, 1980).

 

C1894. The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. A facsimile of the original Strand Magazine stories, 1891-1893, with all the original illustrations by Sidney Paget. New York: Bramhall House, [1975]. viii, 326 p.

Printed in double columns.

Light gray cloth lettered black on spine; silhouette profile of Holmes in circle on front cover; dark gray endpapers.

Jacket design by Ken Sansone.

2nd printing, n.d.

Also published in a paperback edition by Clarkson N. Potter, 1975.

 

C1895. The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. A facsimile of the original Strand Magazine stories, 1891-1893, with all the original illustrations by Sidney Paget. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, [1975]. viii, 326 p.

Printed in double columns.

Cover design by Ken Sansone.

Also published in a cloth edition by Bramhall House, a division of Clarkson N. Potter, 1975.

 

C1896. The Complete Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. With all the original Strand Magazine illustrations by Sydney Paget, Walter Paget, Frank Wiles, Howard K. Elcock and others. [Ware, Hertforshire]: Omega Books, [1986]. 1116 p. illus.

Spine title: The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes: Complete Works.

Printed in double columns.

Black cloth lettered gilt on spine.

Jacket design by Tony Selina.

Fifty-eight of the stories are reprinted in facsimile from the Strand; Stud and Sign are not reprinted in facsimile from their first appearances in print.

 

C1897. The Complete Illustrated `Strand' Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition. New York: Barnes & Noble [Marboro Books Corp., n.d., 1992]. 1126 p. illus.

Jacket design by Tony Selina.

[Complete Illus./Strand SH/Barnes/1992] First published by Mallard Press, 1990, under title The Original Illustrated `Strand' Sherlock Holmes.

 

C1898. The Complete Illustrated `Strand' Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition. In three volumes, with all the original Strand Magazine illustrations by Sydney Paget, Walter Paget, Frank Wiles, and others. [Ware, Hertforshire]: Wordsworth Editions, [1988]. 3 v. (327, 339, 458 p.).

Printed in double columns.

Dark green cloth lettered gilt on spines.

Jackets by Tony Selina.

Contents: Vol. 1. The longer stories: Stud, Sign, Houn, Vall. -- Vol. 2. The shorter stories, in chronological order, up to the dramatic struggle at the Reichenbach Falls. -- Vol. 3 The final stories, in chronological order, after the resurrection of Sherlock Holmes by public demand. (Jackets)

 

C1899. The Complete Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. 37 short stories plus a complete novel, comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles. Reproduced from the original publication in The Strand Magazine with the classic illustrations by Sidney Paget. [Secaucus, N.J.]: Castle Books, 1976. 636 p.

Printed in double columns.

Dark brown paper boards lettered black on spine.

Jacket illustration of Leonard Nimoy as Holmes.

2nd printing August 1976.

Also reprinted under title The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes.

 

C1900. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Novels and stories in 8 volumes. Authorized editions. [New York]: Berkley Pub. Corp., 1972. 8 v.

"Berkley Medallion Books."

Boxed set.

Cover illustrations by W. Teason.

Contents: [Vol. 1] Stud. -- Sign. -- [Vol. 2] Adventures. -- [Vol. 3] Memoirs. -- [Vol. 4] Return. -- [Vol. 5] Houn. -- [Vol. 6] Vall. -- [Vol. 7] His Last Bow. -- [Vol. 8] Case Book.

Reissued 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981 -- all with new cover illustrations by Guy Deel.

Volumes also issued separately and listed under individual titles.

 

C1901. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. [Toronto]: Coles, [1980]. 2 v. (1122 p.)

"Containing 4 full-length novels and 55 [sic 56] short stories." (Cover)

Cover photograph of "Sherlock Holmes."

Contents: Vol. 1. In Memoriam Sherlock Holmes, by Christopher Morley. -- Stud. -- Sign. -- Adventures. -- Return. -- Vol. 2. Memoirs. -- Houn. -- Vall. -- His Last Bow. -- Case Book.

First Canadian edition of the Canon, containing all 60 stories.

 

C1902. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. [Toronto]: Coles, [1980]. 2 v. (1122 p.)

"Containing 4 full-length novels and 55 [sic 56] short stories." (Cover)

Cover photograph of "Sherlock Holmes."

A variant in which Morley's introduction has been deleted.

 

C1903. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Authorized edition in eight volumes. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Co., [n.d., 1932]. 8 v.

Each volume has special title page.

Volumes unnumbered.

On spines: Sherlock Holmes.

Geranium (red) cloth lettered gilt on spines; circular design of Holmes lighting a cigarette blind stamped on covers.

Contents: [Vol. 1] Stud. -- Sign. -- [Vol. 2] Adventures. -- [Vol. 3] Memoirs. -- [Vol. 4] Houn. -- [Vol. 5] Return. -- [Vol. 6] Vall. -- [Vol. 7] His Last Bow. -- [Vol. 8] Case Book.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C1904. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. In six volumes. Authorized edition. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Co., [n.d., 1936]. 6 v.

Each volume has special title page.

Volumes unnumbered.

On spines: Sherlock Holmes.

Geranium (red) cloth lettered gilt on spines; circular design of Holmes lighting a cigarette blind stamped on covers.

Contents: [Vol. 1] Stud. -- Vall. -- [Vol. 2] Sign. -- Houn. -- [Vol. 3] Adventures. -- [Vol. 4] Memoirs. -- [Vol. 5] Return. -- [Vol. 6] His Last Bow.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C1905. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. The A. Conan Doyle Memorial Edition. With a preface by Christopher Morley. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. 2 v. (various pagings)

Black cloth lettered red; top edge tinted.

The first American collected edition, in two volumes; published September 1930.

Contents: Vol. 1. In Memoriam Sherlock Holmes, by Christopher Morley. -- Stud. -- Sign. -- Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- [Vol. 2] Return. -- Houn. -- Vall. -- His Last Bow. -- Case Book.

Reprinted 1931, 1932, 1933.

Boxed ed.

"Nine books, six [sic] full-length stories, fifty-six short stories: 2000 pages, all the incomparable adventures of the Master Detective in two compact volumes." (Box)

Photograph of Gillette as Holmes on box.

 

C1906. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1936. xvi, 1323 p.

Red cloth with silhouette of Holmes blind stamped and geometric design and letters in gilt against black background.

Also, black cloth, otherwise same.

 

C1907. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940. xvi, 1323 p.

Ruby morocco grain cloth; blind stamped with Holmes's profile in a circle.

 

C1908. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1953. 2 v. (xviii, vii, 1323 p.).

Three-quarter green cloth with gray cloth spines lettered silver against green background; grayish green endpapers with two facsimiles of Doyle's signature in each volume.

Jacket design by Vincent Nucera.

Boxed ed.

Reprinted 1956.

 

C1909. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley, and an introduction by John Dickson Carr. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1953. 2 v. (xvii, vii, 1323 p.).

Limited to 147 numbered copies, with a bound-in leaf signed by Conan Doyle (these leaves were left over from those he signed for the Crowborough Edition).

Three-quarter mottled gray cloth with blue leather spines lettered gilt; top edges blue; grayish blue endpapers with facsimile of Conan Doyle's signature.

Boxed ed.

 

C1910. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., [n.d., 1979]. 1122 p.

Three-quarter red morocco and red cloth; design and letters in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Sold by Brentano's for Christmas 1979 and limited to 50 copies.

 

C1911. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., [1988]. 1122 p.

"This edition published by Dorset Press, a division of Marboro Books Corp." (v.t.p.)

Dark brown paper-covered boards with a facsimile of Doyle's signature in gilt on cover; quarter black cloth lettered gilt; plain white endpapers.

Jacket drawing by David Stone.

 

C1912. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., [n.d.]. 2 v. (1122 p.)

Published in various bindings, with a jacket drawing by David Stone.

 

C1913. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., [n.d.]. 1122 p.

Published in various bindings, with a jacket drawing by David Stone; also by William Naegels (1987).

 

C1914. [The Complete Sherlock Holmes.] Collector's Edition. Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, [n.d., 1987]. 3 v. (xxvi, 1777 p.) illus.

Publisher's title: The Complete Sherlock Holmes 100th Anniversary Edition.

Frontispiece by Frederic Dorr Steele.

Black leather with hubbed spines; letters and repetitive design of a magnifying glass (vol. 1), a deerstalker (vol. 2), and a calabash pipe (vol. 3) in gilt; gilt edges; orange cloth endpapers with matching ribbon page markers.

Contents: [Vol. 1] The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Stud. -- Sign. -- Adventures). -- Memoirs. -- [Vol. 2] The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Return. -- Houn). -- [Vol. 3] The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (His Last Bow. -- Vall. -- Case Book).

 

C1915. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Books, [n.d.]. xvi, 1323 p.

Black and reddish brown cloth; design and letters in gilt on spine; grayish green endpapers with portrait of Holmes that is repeated on jacket; top edge tinted.

Jacket design by Skaggs.

 

C1916. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Books, [n.d.]. xvi, 1323 p.

Light red cloth; silhouette of Holmes blind stamped and geometric design and letters in gilt on spine; top edge tinted.

Jacket design by Skaggs.

 

C1917. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. De Luxe Edition. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Pub. Co., [n.d.]. xvi, 1323 p.

Brownish red linen texture cloth; blind stamped with Holmes's profile in circle; design and letters in gilt on spine; top edge tinted.

 

C1918. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. De Luxe Edition. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Pub. Co., [n.d.]. xvi, 1323 p.

Brown cloth with silhouette of Holmes blind stamped and geometric design and letters in gilt on spine.

Multicolored jacket with black silhouette of Holmes and ad and number 337-49 on back.

 

C1919. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. De Luxe Edition. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Pub. Co., [1938]. xvi, 1323 p.

Dark red cloth; silhouette of Holmes blind stamped and geometric design and letters in gilt against a black background; top edge tinted.

Multicolored jacket with a black silhouette of Holmes and ads on verso and back of jacket.

 

C1920. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. [London]: Hamlyn, [1984]. 1083 p.

Black cloth lettered silver; orange endpapers.

Jacket illustration of Holmes by Frank Wiles.

 

C1921. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. New York: The Literary Guild, 1936. xvi, 1323 p.

"Sherlock Holmes: the most vivid character in all modern literature." (Jacket)

Black cloth with silhouette of Holmes blind stamped and geometric design and letters in gilt on spine.

The first one-volume collected edition; published September 1936.

 

C1922. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Julian Symons. London: Secker & Warburg, [1981]. viii, 1122 p.

Cover and jacket title: The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

"All the novels and short stories. Edited and introduced by Julian Symons. 1,100 pages, complete and unabridged." (Cover and jacket)

Deep green paper boards lettered white and yellow; jacket same.

"Manufactured in the United States of America."

Published February 23, 1981.

 

C1923. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Julian Symons. London: Secker & Warburg, [Reprinted 1981]. viii, 1122 p.

Cover and jacket as above.

"Printed by WSOY, Juva, Finland, a member of Finnprint."

 

C1924. The Complete Sherlock Holmes Long Stories. London: Book Club Associates, [1974]. ix, 571 p.

Red cloth lettered black.

Jacket drawing by Charles Keeping.

 

C1925. [The Complete Sherlock Holmes Long Stories.] Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear: The Complete Long Stories. London: John Murray, [1929]. ix, 639, [6] p. ads.

Title from half-title page.

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes Long Stories.

Red cloth lettered gilt; top edge tinted.

White jacket lettered red and black.

First English edition; published September 14, 1929.

2nd impression January 1935; 3rd impression September 1939; 4th impression August 1941; 5th impression May 1946; 6th impression October 1949; 7th impression May 1950; 8th impression May 1952; 9th impression March 1959 (jacket design by William Belcher); 11th impression 1962; 12th impression 1966 (jacket drawing by Charles Keeping); 13th impression 1973; 15th impression 1978 (jacket design by Leigh Taylor).

 

C1926. [The Complete Sherlock Holmes Long Stories.] Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear: The Complete Long Stories. London: John Murray, [1929]. ix, 639 p. (Murray's Imperial Library)

Gray cloth lettered black.

Colonial issue of first English edition; published September 14, 1929.

 

C1927. [The Complete Sherlock Holmes Long Stories.] Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear: The Complete Long Stories. London: John Murray, [Reprinted May 1950]. ix, 639, [6] p. ads. (Murray's Overseas Library)

Putty cloth lettered dark blue.

 

C1928. [The Complete Sherlock Holmes Long Stories.] Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear: The Complete Long Stories. Toronto: The Musson Book Co., [1929]. ix, 639 p.

Red cloth lettered gilt; top edge tinted.

 

C1929. [The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories.] Sherlock Holmes: His Adventures, Memoirs, Return, His Last Bow, & The Case-Book: The Complete Short Stories. London: John Murray, [1928]. xi, 1336 p.

Title from half-title page.

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories.

Red cloth lettered gilt; top edge tinted.

White jacket lettered red and black.

First English edition; published October 15, 1928.

2nd impression October 1928; 3rd impression March 1929; 4th impression October 1929; 5th impression September 1931; 6th impression June 1934; 7th impression November 1937; 8th impression January 1942; 9th impression December 1943; 10th impression May 1946; 11th impression January 1949; 12th impression May 1949; 13th impression May 1950; 14th impression September 1950; 15th impression January 1952; 16th impression March 1952; 17th impression May 1953; 18th impression October 1956; 19th impression October 1959; 20th impression July 1961; 21st impression April 1971 (jacket drawing by Selma Nankivell); 22nd impression by John Murray and Jonathan Cape, 1980 (jacket design by Leigh Taylor).

 

C1930. [The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories.] Sherlock Holmes: His Adventures, Memoirs, Return, His Last Bow, & The Case-Book: The Complete Short Stories. London: John Murray, [1928]. xi, 1336 p. (Murray's Imperial Library)

Gray cloth lettered black.

Colonial issue of first English edition; published October 15, 1928.

 

C1931. [The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories.] Sherlock Holmes: His Adventures, Memoirs, Return, His Last Bow, & The Case-Book: The Complete Short Stories. London: John Murray, [Reprinted May 1953]. xi, 1336, [4] p. ads. (Murray's Overseas Library)

Gray paper boards lettered dark blue.

 

C1932. [The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories.] Sherlock Holmes: His Adventures, Memoirs, Return, His Last Bow, & The Case-Book. Toronto: The Musson Book Co., [1928]. xi, 1336 p.

Red cloth lettered gilt; top edge tinted.

2nd impression October 1928; 3rd impression March 1929; 4th impression October 1929.

 

C1933. [The Complete Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes.] Introduced by Peter Cushing. Illustrated by Francis Mosley. London: The Folio Society, 1993. 5 v. (317, 256, 327, 204, 250 p.)

Title from publisher's prospectus.

Bound in full cloth with a silhouette of Holmes and Watson by David Eccles.

In slipcase.

Contents: [Vol. 1] Adventures. -- [Vol. 2] Memoirs. -- [Vol. 3] -- Return. -- [Vol. 4] His Last Bow. -- [Vol. 5] Case Book.

 

C1934. The Complete Sherlock Holmes Treasury, Including The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles. A facsimile of the original publications in Strand Magazine, 1901-1905, with all the original illustrations by Sidney Paget. New York: Avenel Books, [1976]. viii, 326, 293 p.

Printed in double columns.

Simulated red leather with design and letters in gilt.

 

C1935. Conan Doyle Stories: Six Notable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Platt & Munk, [c.1960]. 494 p. (Great Writers Collection)

Red and gray cloth lettered gilt, with design of a deerstalker and magnifying glass in gilt on cover and spine.

Jacket design by Jon Nielsen.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- Iden. -- RedH. -- Scan. -- Bosc. -- About Arthur Conan Doyle.

 

C1936. Conan Doyle [Stories]: Six Notable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Platt & Munk, [c.1960]. 494 p. (Great Writers Collection)

Identical to above except for the title.

 

C1937. Conan Doyle [Stories]: Six Notable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Platt & Munk, [c.1960]. 494 p. (Great Writers Collection)

Dark blue cloth with design and letters in gilt.

Jacket design by Jon Nielsen.

 

C1938. Conan Doyle [Stories]: Six Notable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Platt & Munk, [c.1960]. 494 p. (Great Writers Collection)

Spine title: Conan Doyle Stories.

Gray cloth with design and letters in black.

Jacket design by Jon Nielsen.

 

C1939. [Conan Doyle Stories]: Six Notable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Platt & Munk, [c.1960]. 494 p. (The Great Writers Collection)

Spine title: Conan Doyle Stories.

Cover illustration by Joseph Trepiccione.

Jacket design by Teresa Delgado.

Dark blue cloth lettered gilt on spine with design of a deerstalker and magnifying glass in gilt on cover and spine.

Published in trade and library editions.

A later printing of above.

Also published in 1982.

 

C1940. Conan Doyle Stories: Six Notable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Published by Platt & Munk, Publishers, for Parents' Magazine Enterprises, [c.1960]. 494 p. (Keepworthy Books)

Cover title: Classics to Grow On.

Spine title: Classics to Grow On. Conan Doyle Stories.

Contents as above.

 

C1941. Conan Doyle's Best Books. In three volumes. Illustrated. Sherlock Holmes Edition. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, [n.d., 1907]. 3 v. (xii, 414; 558; iv, 466 p.).

Spine title: Conan Doyle's Best Books: Stories of Sherlock Holmes.

Gray cloth lettered in black and gilt and black on spines, with portraits of Holmes on covers and spines.

Contents: Vol. 1. The Original of Sherlock Holmes, by Harold Emery Jones. -- Stud. -- Scan. -- Iden. -- Vol. 2. Sign. -- Vol. 3. The White Company. -- Beyond the City.

 

C1942. Conan Doyle's Stories for Boys. Illustrated. New York: Cupples & Leon Co., [c.1938]. v, 491 p.

Light blue cloth lettered black; top edge tinted.

On spine: Cupples [&] Leon Co.

Jacket illustration of Holmes and scenes from the stories; publisher's blurb and ad in black, and number 985-1; also number "1" on spine of jacket.

 

C1943. Conan Doyle's Stories for Boys. Illustrated. New York: Cupples & Leon Co., [c.1938]. v, 491 p.

Light green cloth lettered black; top edge tinted.

On spine: Cupples [&] Leon Co.

Jacket and contents as above except that publisher's blurb and ad are in blue; lacks number 985-1.

 

C1944. Conan Doyle's Stories for Boys. Illustrated. New York: Cupples & Leon Co., [c.1938]. v, 491 p.

Light blue cloth lettered black; top edge tinted.

On spine: Cupples [&] Leon Co.

Jacket and contents as above.

 

C1945. Conan Doyle's Stories for Boys. Illustrated. New York: Cupples & Leon Co., [c.1938]. v, 491 p.

Vivid blue cloth lettered gilt; top edge tinted.

Jacket and contents as above.

 

C1946. Crime Classics: The Mystery Story from Poe to the Present. Edited by Rex Burns and Mary Rose Sullivan. [New York: Viking Penguin, 1990.] xxiv, 390 p.

Partial contents: Scan. -- Spec.

 

C1947. Crime Classics: The Mystery Story from Poe to the Present. Edited by Rex Burns and Mary Rose Sullivan. [New York]: Penguin Books, [1991]. xxiv, 390 p.

Cover design by Todd Radom.

Contents as above.

 

C1948. Crime Stories from the `Strand'. Selected by Geraldine Beare. Introduction by H.R.F. Keating. Illustrations by David Eccles. London: The Folio Society, 1991. xviii, 350 p.

Design of text and binding by David Eccles.

In slipcase.

Partial contents: Scan. -- Dyin.

3rd printing 1992.

 

C1949. Custer's Last Fight: A Thrilling Story. Founded upon the play of the same name by Grace Miller White. New York: J.S. Ogilvie Pub. Co., c.1905. 186, 3-66 p. (Ogilvie's Popular Railroad Series, No. 95)

Also contains: RedH. -- Iden.

 

C1950. Detective Stories from The Strand. Selected and introduced by Jack Adrian. Foreword by Julian Symons. Oxford University Press, 1991. xxiii, 374 p.

Jacket illustration by Mick Brownfield.

Also published in a paperback edition, 1992.

Partial contents: Chas. -- Cree. -- Lion. -- The Adventure of the First Class Carriage, by Ronald A. Knox.

 

C1951. The Detective Story: An Introduction to the Whodunit, by Saul Schwartz. Skokie, Ill.: National Textbook Co., [1975]. iv, 441 p. (Language Arts Books)

Partial contents: 2. A Tale of Two Doctors. Stud (chap. 1-2). -- Fina. -- Empt. -- 6. Variations. The Stolen Cigar Case, by Bret Harte.

Reprinted 1977.

----------. Teacher's Guide. Skokie, Ill.: National Textbook Co., [1979]. 20 p.

 

C1952. The Detective Story: From Sherlock Holmes to Hemlock Jones, a Panorama of Great Detective Mysteries, [by] Saul Schwartz. Lincolnwood, Ill.: National Textbook Co., [1985]. 441 p.

A later printing of above with a cover illustration of Holmes.

Reprinted 1987.

 

C1953. The Devil's Foot. London: George Newnes, Ltd., [1921]. 128 p. (Newnes' Sevenpenny Novels, No. 31)

Also contains: Scan. -- Yell. -- Copp.

 

C1954. The Doings of Raffles Haw, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, [1969]. 199 p. (Short Story Index Reprint Series)

Also contains: RedH. -- Bosc.

 

C1955. The Doings of Raffles Haw, by A. Conan Doyle. New York: F.M. Buckles & Co., 1903. 199, [22] p. ads.

Last ad for Marjory Moore, by Adeline Sergeant.

Dark blue cloth lettered yellow, with three-leaf clovers in green on cover and spine.

Contents as above.

 

C1956. The Doings of Raffles Haw. New York: F.M. Buckles & Co., 1903. 199, [20] p. ads.

Last ad for The Millionaire Mystery, by Fergus Hume.

Black cloth, otherwise as above.

 

C1957. The Doings of Raffles Haw, by A. Conan Doyle. New York: F.M. Buckles & Co., 1903. 199, [22] p. ads. (Century Series, No. 46)

Grayish turquoise paper covers with design and letters in dark blue.

Last ad for Marjory Moore, by Adeline Sergeant.

Contents as above.

 

C1958. The Doings of Raffles Haw, by A. Conan Doyle. New York: F.M. Buckles & Co., 1903. 199, [22] p. ads. (Century Series, No. 46)

Grayish turquoise paper covers with design and letters in dark blue.

Last ad for Standard weather stripping.

Contents as above.

 

C1959. The Doings of Raffles Haw, by A. Conan Doyle. Chicago: W.B. Conkey Co., [n.d., c.1891 by United States Book Co.]. 199 p. (Oxford Series)

Garnet red cloth lettered gilt on spine; top edge gilt.

Contents as above.

 

C1960. The Doings of Raffles Haw and Other Stories, by A. Conan Doyle. New York: George H. Doran Co., [c. 1919]. 199 p.

Cover and spine title: The Doings of Raffles Haw.

Brown cloth lettered black.

Contents as above.

 

C1961. The Doings of Raffles Haw, by A. Conan Doyle. New York: Lovell, Coryell & Co., [July 1892]. 199, [6] p. ads. (The Belmore Series, No. 5)

Tan paper covers lettered brown.

Also, light blue cloth lettered dark green.

Contents as above.

First American edition.

 

C1962. The Doings of Raffles Haw, by A. Conan Doyle. New York: Lovell, Coryell & Co., [c.1891]. 255, 11 p. ads.

Dark brown cloth with design and letters in gilt on spine; top edge gilt.

Also contains: RedH. -- Bosc. -- Scan. -- Iden.

 

C1963. The Doings of Raffles Haw, New York: United States Book Co., [c.1891]. 199, 213 p.

Cover and spine title: Raffles Haw. A Study in Scarlet.

Vivid blue lettered gilt; design with two dragons in dark blue on cover.

Also contains: RedH. -- Bosc. -- Stud.

 

C1964. The Empty House. London: George Newnes, Ltd., [1921]. 128 p. (Newnes' Sevenpenny Novels, No. 33)

Also contains: Iden. -- The Tiger of San Pedro (Wist). -- Soli.

 

C1965. Famous Mysteries. Edited by Mary Yost Sandrus and illustrated by Don Merrick. [Glenview, Ill.]: Scott, Foresman and Co., [1955]. 298 p.

Partial contents: Blue. -- Bosc.

 

C1966. Famous Tales of Sherlock Holmes. With biographical illustrations and pictures from early editions of the stories, together with an introduction by William C. Weber. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., [c.1958]. viii, 339 p. (Great Illustrated Classics)

Putty and red cloth lettered gilt on spine, with wreath and initials "GIC" on cover; white endpapers.

Also, gray endpapers, otherwise identical.

Orange cloth, with outline of ink bottle and quill on cover; gray endpapers.

Contents: Stud. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Sign. -- Bosc.

 

C1967. Favorite Mystery Stories. Marjorie Barrows, editor. Chicago: The Spencer Press, [1953]. 375 p. illus. (The Children's Hour)

Figure of Holmes in gilt on spine.

Partial contents: Blue, illustrated by J. Allen St. John -- RedH, illustrated by J. Allen St. John.

 

C1968. Favorite Short Stories in Large Print. Edited by Virginia S. Riser. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1982. xi, 740 p.

Partial contents: Spec. -- RedH.

 

C1969. Five [sic] Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: J.S. Ogilvie Pub. Co., [n.d.]. 186, [6] p. ads. (Eureka Detective Stories, No. 32)

Contents: RedH. -- Iden. -- Scan. -- That Little Square Box. -- John Barrington Cowles.

 

C1970. Five [sic] Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: J.S. Ogilvie Pub. Co., [n.d.]. 186, [6] p. ads. (Sunset Series, No. 290)

Cover printed in black on white paper, with Holmes in dressing gown, pointing a revolver, facing left.

Contents as above.

 

C1971. Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Girard, Kans.: Haldeman-Julius Co., [n.d.]. 64 p. (Little Blue Book, No. 266. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius)

Light blue paper covers.

Also, light brown paper covers.

Light yellow paper covers with portrait of Haldeman-Julius on back.

 

C1972. Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1981. 94 p. illus. (Oxford Progressive English Readers, Grade 2)

"Adapted by Philip Nolses. Illustrated by Alice Wolff. Simplified according to the language grading scheme especially compiled by D.H. Howe."

Contents: 1. Twis. -- 2. Silv. -- 3. Fina. -- 4. Empt. -- 5. Norw. -- 6. Devi. -- 7. Cree. -- 8. Shos. -- Questions.

3rd impression 1985 (cover illustration by Kathryn Blomfield).

 

C1973. The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [Adapted by Nick Tall. Illustrated by Nestor Redondo.] West Haven, Conn.: Pendulum Press, [1974]. 62 p. (Now Age Illustrated)

A simplified version of Spec and Bosc in comic book format.

5th printing June 1975; 7th printing 1976.

 

C1974. The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [Adapted by Nick Tall. Illustrated by Nestor Redondo. New York: Random House, 1981.] 61 p. (Picture Classics)

"From Happy House Books."

Cover art by William Harmuth.

Originally published by Pendulum Press.

 

C1975. The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [Adapted by Nick Tall. Illustrated by Nestor Redondo.] West Haven, Conn.: Academic Industries, [1984]. 61 p. (Pocket Classics, C13)

New edition of the Pendulum Press comic strip adaptation.

 

C1976. The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [London]: Puffin Books, [1990]. 249 p. (Puffin Classics)

Cover illustration by Mark Chadwick.

Contents: Soli. -- Chas. -- Blac. -- Gold. -- Prio. -- Bery. -- Engr. -- RedH.

 

C1977. Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Mitchell Hooks. Franklin Center, Pa.: The Franklin Library, [1987]. 483 p. illus. (The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces)

Green leather with hubbed spine; letters, design and profile of Holmes in gilt; yellow and black endpapers with maps by Julian Wolff; green ribbon page marker.

The book was designed by Jane Heelan.

Contents: Foreword by the editors. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Iden. -- Bosc. -- Twis. -- Blue. -- Spec. -- Nobl. -- Copp. -- Silv. -- Musg. -- Nava. -- Fina. -- Empt. -- Norw. -- Danc. -- Soli. -- Blac. -- Chas. -- A Sherlock Holmes Atlas, by Julian Wolff.

 

C1978. "Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes," Best Loved Books for Young Readers. Selected and condensed by the editors of The Reader's Digest. Vol. 4. Pleasantville, N.Y.: The Reader's Digest Association, [1966]. 575 p.

Partial contents: Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Guy Deel. Prologue (from Stud). -- Copp. -- Danc. -- Silv. -- Spec. -- Reig. -- Blue. -- Twis. -- RedH.

 

C1979. Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes. A selection and condensation of stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Illustrated by Guy Deel. New York: Choice Publishing, [1989]. 166 p. illus. (Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers)

Contents: Prologue (from Stud). -- Copp. -- Danc. -- Silv. -- Spec. -- Reig. -- Blue. -- Twis. -- RedH.

 

C1980. Great Short Stories. Edited by William Patten. Vol. 1. Detective Stories. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, [c.1906]. 430 p.

"A new collection of famous examples from the literatures of France, England and America." (Subtitle)

Brownish orange cloth lettered black.

Also, dark red cloth lettered black.

Coral (red) cloth lettered black. [1909]

Parital contents: Sign. -- Scan.

 

C1981. Great Stories, [by] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Selected by John Dickson Carr. New York: London House and Maxwell; London: John Murray, [1959]. 256 p.

Garnet red cloth lettered blue.

Jacket design by Peter Weaver.

Partial Contents: Twis. -- Lost. -- Silv.

 

C1982. Great Stories, [by] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Selected by John Dickson Carr. London: John Murray, [1959]. 256 p.

Binding, jacket, and contents as above.

Also, garnet red cloth lettered white.

Reprinted 1965.

 

C1983. Great Stories of Sherlock Holmes. [New York: Dell Pub. Co., May 1962.] 287 p. (F169)

Cover illustration of Holmes lighting his pipe, by Victor Kalin.

Contents: Thor. -- Reig. -- Danc. -- Silv. -- Stoc. -- Gree. -- Abbe. -- Blac. -- Chas. -- SixN. -- Devi. -- Shos.

2nd printing October 1962 (A Laurel Edition, 3190); 3rd printing January 1964; 4th printing May 1965 (Laurel-Leaf Library, 3190); 5th printing January 1967; 6th printing February 1968; 7th printing June 1969; 8th printing August 1969; 9th printing August 1970; 10th printing November 1971; 11th printing March 1973; 12th printing November 1973; 13th printing September 1974; 14th printing March 1975; 15th printing December 1975 (A Dell Book, 3190; cover illustration by G. Watson is a blend of Rathbone and Scott!); 16th printing November 1979; 17th printing August 1980.

 

C1984. The Greatest Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Adapted by Kerry Edwards. [London: The Macmillan Press Ltd., 1992.] viii, 83 p. (Macmillan Stories to Remember, Senior Series. Edited by Colin Swatridge)

Cover photograph of Peter Cushing and André Morell.

Contents: Introduction. -- Spec. -- Abbe. -- RedH. -- SixN. -- Glossary.

 

C1985. His Last Bow. The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corp., [n.d., 1936]. 252 p. (The Complete Sherlock Holmes. In six volumes. [Vol. 6])

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow. The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.

Also listed in a set.

 

C1986. His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. 462 p. (The Crowborough Edition, Vol. 20)

Also listed in a set.

 

C1987. Huntsmen and Quarry: Stories of Crime and Punishment. [Logan, Iowa]: The Perfection Form Co., [1982]. 1 v. (various pagings)

Second title on cover and spine: Solid Gold: A Treasury of Great Literature.

Partial contents: Blue. -- Spec.

 

C1988. The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. With all the original illustrations by Sidney Paget plus additional illustrations by George Hutchinson and Frank H. Townsend. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, [1984]. xxiv, 808 p.

Cover illustration by Paget of Holmes en route with Watson by train to King's Pyland in Dartmoor.

Contents: Foreword by Donald Flanell Friedman. -- A Note on the Text. -- About the Illustrations. -- Publisher's Note. -- Mr. Sherlock Holmes, by Joseph Bell. -- Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- Return. -- Houn. -- Stud. -- Sign. -- Wist. -- Bruc.

 

C1989. The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury, Including the Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles. A facsimile of the original publications in Strand Magazine, 1901-1905, with all the original illustrations by Sidney Paget. New York: Avenel Books, [c. 1976]. viii, 326, 293 p.

Jacketed edition.

Red cloth lettered gilt on spine; covers blank.

Jacket design by Bob Silverman.

 

C1990. The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury, Including the Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles. New York: Avenel Books, [n.d. (14th printing 1981), c. 1976]. viii, 631 p. (The Avenel Reader's Library)

Dark green cloth lettered gilt on spine; covers blank.

Jacket illustrated by Ray Yeldham/Mendola, Ltd.

15th printing, n.d.; 16th printing, n.d.; 17th printing, n.d.

 

C1991. The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury, Including the Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles. New York: Avenel Books, [n.d., c.1976]. viii, 326, 293 p.

Library edition.

Simulated mottled red leather with design and letters in gilt on cover and spine.

8th printing, n.d.; 9th printing, n.d.

 

C1992. The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury, Including the Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles. New York: Avenel Books, [1982, c.1976]. viii, 631 p.

Suede edition.

Simulated red suede lettered gilt; edges gilt; marbled endpapers.

16th printing 1982.

 

C1993. The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury, Including the Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles. Revised & Expanded. With all the original illustrations by George Hutchinson and Frank H. Townsend. New York: Avenel Books, [1984]. xxiv, 808 p. illus.

Frontispiece of Doyle by Modeste Stein.

Jacketed edition.

Designed by Brian Malloy.

Black cloth lettered gilt on spine; covers blank.

Jacket illustration by Paul Jennis/Mendola Ltd.

Contents: Foreword by Donald Flanell Friedman. -- A Note on the Text. -- About the Illustrations. -- Publisher's Note. -- Mr. Sherlock Holmes, by Dr. Joseph Bell. -- Bk. 1. Introduction by Patricia Horan. -- Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- Bk. 2. Introduction. -- Return. -- Bk. 3. Houn. -- Bk. 4. Stud. -- Bk. 5. Sign. -- Bk. 6. Wist. -- Bruc.

 

C1994. The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury, Including the Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles. Revised & Expanded. New York: Avenel Books, [1984]. xxiv, 808 p. illus.

Library edition.

Simulated mottled blue leather with design and letters in gilt; portrait of Holmes on cover.

Contents as above.

 

C1995. The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury, Including the Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles. With all the original illustrations by Sidney Paget plus additional illustrations by George Hutchinson and Frank H. Townsend. New York: Chatham River Press, [1987]. xxiv, 808 p. illus. (Classics of World Literature)

At head of title and cover title: Great Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Designed by Brian Malloy.

"Genuine bonded leather.

Contents as above.

 

C1996. The Latest Books of Conan Doyle. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings) illus.

At head of title: Authorized edition of these copyrighted books, by special arrangement with the author.

Also on title page: "The best detective fiction obtainable at the present hour." Kansas City Star.

Frontispiece in brown tone of William Gillette as Holmes.

Cover title: Conan Doyle's Latest Books.

Red cloth lettered gilt; floral shield device with Doyle's initials blind stamped on cover; spine blank.

Contains excerpts from The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Adventures of Gerard, Sir Nigel, and The Green Flag and Other Stories.

Published to announce "a special offer to Collier's readers."

 

C1997. Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories. Edited by Julian Hawthorne. [Vol. 2] English: Scotch. New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1907. 304 p.

Spine title: Mystery and Detective Stories: English, Scotch.

Bluish green buckram with a bull's eye lantern on cover.

Partial contents: Iden. -- Scan. -- RedH.

 

C1998. Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories. Edited by Julian Hawthorne. [Vol. 2] English: Scotch. New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1908. 304 p.

Same as above but with a red cover and a red leatherette spine.

 

C1999. The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories. Edited by Julian Hawthorne. [Vol. 8] Modern English. Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, [1972]. 368 p. (Short Story Index Reprint Series)

Spine title: Modern English Stories.

Contents as above.

 

C2000. The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories. Edited by Julian Hawthorne. [Vol. 8] Modern English. New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1909. 368 p.

Spine title: The Lock & Key Library: Modern English Stories.

Running heads for Doyle section: Scotch Mystery Stories.

Contents as above.

 

C2001. The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations. Edited by Julian Hawthorne. [Vol. 8] Modern English. New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1915. 368 p.

Reprint of above with different subtitle.

 

C2002. The Man with the Twisted Lip. London: George Newnes, Ltd., [1921]. 128 p. (Newnes' Sevenpenny Novels, No. 32)

Also contains: Dyin. -- Prio. -- RedH.

 

C2003. Masterpieces of Horror. Compiled by Rosamund Morris. New York City: Hart Pub. Co., [1966]. 255 p. ($.75)

Cover illustration of a bat with a human head, by Push Pin Studios/Glaser.

Partial contents: Engr. -- Spec.

 

C2004. Masterpieces of Horror. Compiled by Rosamund Morris. New York City: Hart Pub. Co., [c.1966]. 255 p. ($1.50)

New cover illustration by Stanislaw of two eyes and a man running toward an open door.

 

C2005. Masterpieces of Mystery & Detection. Compiled by Rosamund Morris. New York City: Hart Pub. Co., [1965]. 256 p. ($.75)

Cover design by Push Pin Studios/Glaser.

Partial contents: Five. -- RedH. -- Scan.

 

C2006. Masterpieces of Mystery & Detection. Compiled by Rosamund Morris. New York City: Hart Pub. Co., [c.1965]. 256 p. ($1.75)

Cover illustration of an eye with the outline of a stalking moonlit figure.

 

C2007. Memoirs and Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Sign of Four, Memoirs and Adventures. Preston: James Askew and Son, [n.d., 1900--]. 157, 157, 124 p.

Frontispiece of Doyle.

Cover title: Sherlock Holmes: Memories and Adventures.

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Maroon cloth lettered gilt on cover and spine; gilt edges.

 

C2008. My Friend the Murderer and Other Mysteries and Adventures. New York: International Book Co., [n.d.]. 288, 199 p. (A. Conan Doyle's Works. Popular Edition)

Spine title: My Friend the Murderer. Raffles Haw.

Dark brown cloth lettered gilt on spine.

Partial contents: RedH. -- Bosc.

 

C2009. My Friend the Murderer and Other Mysteries and Adventures. New York: International Book Co., [n.d.]. 288, 199 p. (Works of A. Conan Doyle. Popular Edition.)

Same as above but in a different series.

 

C2010. My Life with Sherlock Holmes: Conversations in Baker Street, by John H. Watson, M.D. Edited by J.R. Hamilton. London: John Murray, [1968]. 105 p. illus.

Contents: Editor's Foreword. -- Our First Meeting. -- The Man Holmes. -- His Interests and Tastes. -- The Detective. -- On Human Nature. -- Holmes and Myself. -- Epilogue. -- Index.

The editor has skilfully woven the confidential conversations between Holmes and Watson into a continuous narrative so that a self-portrait of Holmes is revealed as well as the complete character of Watson.

 

C2011. My Life with Sherlock Holmes: Conversations in Baker Street, by John H. Watson, M.D. Edited by J.R. Hamilton. New York: Hawthorn Books, [1976]. 105 p. illus.

Cover design by Elliot Kreloff.

Contents as above.

 

C2012. Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes. Based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Judith Conaway. Illustrated by Lyle Miller. New York: Random House, [1982]. 95 p. (Step-Up Adventures, 3)

Published in hardcover (lib. bdg.) and paperback (trade) editions.

Contents: Spec. -- RedH. -- Blue.

 

C2013. Original Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: R.F. Fenno & Co., [n.d.]. 431 p.

At head of title: Special Limited Edition.

Illustrated with scenes from Gillette's play, including a frontispiece of the actor.

Page 161 lacks the numeral 1.

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Grayish green cloth lettered white, with two flowers in white and gilt, and stems in dark green on cover.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Iden. -- Bosc.

 

C2014. Original Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: R.F. Fenno & Co., [n.d.]. 431, [3] p. ads.

At head of title: Special Limited Edition.

Illustrated with scenes from Gillette's play, including a frontispiece with caption: "Holmes and his hypodermic."

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Red cloth lettered black, with pictorial paste-on photogravure of Gillette as Holmes.

Contents as above.

 

C2015. Original Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: R.F. Fenno & Co., [n.d.]. 431, [3] p. ads.

At head of title: Special Limited Edition.

Frontispiece of Gillette.

Ad on last page for Power of Innocence, by Arthur J. Westermayr.

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Red cloth lettered white, with illustration in orange and black of Holmes in a dressing gown holding a revolver.

Contents as above.

 

C2016. Original Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: R.F. Fenno & Co., [n.d.]. 431, [3] p. ads.

Same as above except for different ads: ad on last page for "The Iron Mountain Route" from St. Louis to Hot Springs, Ark., etc.

 

C2017. Original Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: R.F. Fenno & Co., [n.d.]. 431, [3] p. ads.

At head of title: Special Limited Edition.

Frontispiece of a scene from Gillette's play with caption: "Holmes and his hypodermic."

Ad on last page for The Invaders, by John Lloyd.

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Red cloth lettered black, with illustration in orange and black of Holmes in a dressing gown holding a revolver.

Contents as above.

 

C2018. Original Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: R.F. Fenno & Co., [n.d.]. 431, [3] p. ads.

At head of title: Special Limited Edition.

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Brown cloth with a cover illustration of Gillette.

Contents as above.

 

C2019. Original Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Toronto: The Musson Book Co. Ltd., [n.d.]. 310 p.

Cover title: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Black cloth lettered green, with illustration of Holmes in a dressing gown holding a revolver.

Jacket illustration of title centered in the lens of a large magnifying glass and Holmes looking through another magnifying glass.

Contents: Sherlock Holmes (Stud). -- Sign.

 

C2020. The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. 37 short stories plus a complete novel, comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles. Reproduced from the original publication in The Strand Magazine with the classic illustrations by Sidney Paget. [Secaucus, N.J.]: Castle Books, [September 1980]. 636 p.

Printed in double columns.

A new printing with a variant title of The Complete Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. The binding and jacket are identical except for the statement that there are 356 Paget illustrations (The Complete Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes states incorrectly that there are 187).

2nd printing May 1981; 3rd printing September 1981; 4th printing June 1982; 5th printing September 1982; 6th printing July 1983; 7th printing 1984; 8th printing 1984; 9th printing 1985.

 

C2021. The Original Illustrated `Strand' Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Facsimile Edition. [New York]: Mallard Press/[BDD Promotional Book Co., 1990]. 1126 p. illus.

Dark green cloth lettered gilt on spine.

Jacket design by Tony Selina.

 

C2022. The Oxford Sherlock Holmes. General Editor: Owen Dudley Edwards. Oxford University Press, 1993. 9 v.

Jacket illustration by Ivan Allen.

Boxed set.

Contents: [Vol. 1] A Study in Scarlet. Edited by Owen Dudley Edwards. -- [Vol. 2] The Sign of the Four. Edited by Christopher Roden. -- [Vol. 3] The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Edited by Richard Lancelyn Green. -- [Vol. 4] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. -- The Adventure of the Two Collaborators, by Sir James Barrie. -- How I Write My Books, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. -- [Vol. 5] The Hound of the Baskervilles. Edited by W. W. Robson. -- [Vol. 6] The Return of Sherlock Holmes. -- The Field Bazaar. -- How Watson Learned the Trick. Edited by Richard Lancelyn Green. -- [Vol. 7] The Valley of Fear. Edited by Owen Dudley Edwards. -- [Vol. 8] His Last Bow. Three Unsigned Pieces by P. G. Wodehouse: I. Dudley Jones, Bore-Hunter. -- II. Back to His Native Strand. -- III. The Prodigal. Edited by Owen Dudley Edwards. -- [Vol. 9] The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. -- A Source for "The Veiled Lodger": The Love-ly Tam-er, the Cru-el Li-ons, and the Clev-er Clown: A Tale for the Lit'tle Ones, by Walter Emanuel.

Each volume also contains: Acknowledgements, General Editor's Preface to the Series, Introduction, Note on the Text, Select Bibliography, A Chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle, and Explanatory Notes.

 

C2023. The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. [London]: Allen Lane, [1981]. 1122 p.

White cloth lettered gilt on spine.

Jacket illustration by Leslie Howell.

 

C2024. The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. [Harmondsworth, Middlesex]: Penguin Books, [1981]. 1122 p.

Cover illustration by Leslie Howell.

Reprinted 1981 (twice), 1982, 1983 (twice), 1984.

 

C2025. The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes. With a preface by Christopher Morley. [Harmondsworth, Middlesex]: Penguin Books, [1984]. 1122 p.

Cover title: The Penguin Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Also on cover: "All 13 adventures in the new TV series plus another 43 stories and 4 novels."

Cover photograph by Martin Riedl.

 

C2026. The Puffin Sherlock Holmes. [London]: Puffin Books, [1988]. 244 p.

"Puffin Classics."

Cover illustration by Mark Chadwick.

Contents: Spec. -- Blue. -- Musg. -- Reig. -- Silv. -- Danc. -- SixN. -- Thor.

 

C2027. The Red-Headed League and The Adventure of the Speckled Band. Illustrated by Paul Spina. New York: Franklin Watts, [1968]. 85 p.

Library binding, with a cover illustration of Duncan Ross interviewing Jabez Wilson.

 

C2028. The Resident Patient. London: George Newnes, Ltd., [1921]. 128 p. (Newnes' Sevenpenny Novels)

"Celebrated Sherlock Holmes stories now on the films." (Cover)

Cover illustration by Graham.

Also contains: Bery. -- Nobl.

 

C2029. Retold British Classics. [Edited by Kathy Myers and Beth Obermiller. Illustrated by Clint Hanson.] [Logan, Iowa]: The Perfection Form Co., [1987]. 175 p. illus. (Retold Tales Series)

Published in hardback (Cover Craft) and paperback editions.

Partial Contents: RedH. -- Spec.

RedH and Spec also published separately.

 

C2030. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Simplified by Alan Pugh. [Harlow, Essex]: Longman, [1987]. 58 p. illus. (Longman Classics)

"Stage 3: 1300 word vocabulary."

Photographs from the Granada TV series, with Jeremy Brett and David Burke.

Contents: Introduction. -- SixN. -- Norw. -- The Golden Glasses (Gold). -- Questions. -- New Words.

 

C2031. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. [New York]: Penguin Books, [1986]. 181 p.

Cover design and illustration of Brett and Hardwicke by Paul Davis Studio.

Contents: SixN. -- Prio. -- Musg. -- Twis. -- Seco. -- Abbe. -- Empt.

 

C2032. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Copyright edition. In two volumes. Vol. I. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1905. 280 p. (Tauchnitz Edition, Collection of British Authors, Vol. 3796)

Gray cloth with design and letters in gilt; marbled endpapers and edges.

Contents: Empt. -- Norw. -- Danc. -- Soli. -- Prio. -- Blac. Also contains: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Copyright edition. In two volumes. Vol. II. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1893. 280 p. (Tauchnitz Edition, Collection of British Authors, Vol. 2897)

Contents: Blue. -- Spec. -- Engr. -- Nobl. -- Bery. -- Copp.

 

C2033. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. [Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Ltd., 1993.] 309 p. illus. (Wordsworth Classics) (The Complete Sherlock Holmes, 2)

Cover design by Robert Mathias. Cover illustration by Sidney Paget. Color version and reproduction courtesy of Michael Coote.

Reproduced from The Strand Magazine.

Note: The type in this paperback is too small for pleasurable reading.

Contents: Introduction. -- Houn. -- Return.

 

C2034. The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Including The Hound of the Baskervilles. A facsimile of the original publications in Strand Magazine, 1901-1905, with all the original illustrations by Sidney Paget. New York: Bramhall House, [1976]. 293 p.

Printed in double columns.

Jacket design by Ken Sansone.

 

C2035. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature. Carefully revised and arranged by a corps of the most capable scholars. Editor-in-Chief, John Clark Ridpath. Edition de Luxe. Twenty-five volumes. Vol. 8. Philadelphia: Avil Printing Co., 1903. 482 p.

Contains a brief biographical and bibliographical summary and photoengravure plate of Doyle and an excerpt from Copp (p. 356-359).

 

C2036. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature. In twenty-five volumes. John Clark Ridpath, Editor in Chief. Royal Edition de Luxe. New York: Dixon & Cary, 1901. Vol. 8, p. 356-359.

Contents as above.

 

C2037. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature. Carefully edited and arranged by a corps of the most capable scholars. Editor in Chief, John Clark Ridpath. [Classic Edition de Luxe.] Twenty-five volumes. New York: The Fifth Avenue Library Society, 1906. Vol. 8, p. 266-275.

Contains a brief biographical and bibliographical summary and photoengravure plate of Doyle and excerpts from Stud and Copp.

 

C2038. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature. Carefully edited and arranged by a corps of the most capable scholars. Editor in Chief, John Clark Ridpath. [Renaissance Edition de Luxe.] Twenty-five volumes. New York: The Fifth Avenue Library Society, 1908. Vol. 8, p. 266-275.

Contents as above.

 

C2039. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature. Classic Edition de Luxe. With revisions and additions by William Montgomery Clemens. Twenty-five volumes. New York: The Fifth Avenue Library Society, 1912. Vol. 8, p. 266-275.

Contents as above.

 

C2040. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature. In twenty-five volumes. John Clark Ridpath, Editor in Chief. Grand Edition de Luxe. New York: The Globe Pub. Co., 1898. Vol. 8, [unpaged].

Contains a brief biographical and bibliographical summary and photoengravure plate of Doyle and an excerpt from Copp.

 

C2041. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature. In twenty-five volumes. John Clark Ridpath, Editor in Chief. New York: The Globe Pub. Co., 1899. Vol. 8, [unpaged].

Contents as above.

 

C2042. A Scandal in Bohemia: Seven Sherlock Holmes Stories. Abridged and simplified by Ronald Holt. [Harlow, Essex]: Longman, [1976]. 90 p. illus. (Longman Structural Readers: Fiction, Stage 4)

With photographs, including the cover photograph, of Peter Cushing and Nigel Stock as Holmes and Watson.

Contents: Scan. -- RedH. -- Bosc. -- Blue. -- Engr. -- Nobl. -- Copp. -- Exercises in Comprehension and Structure.

8th impression 1983.

 

C2043. Selected Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Leicester: [F.A. Thorpe, n.d., March 1966]. 243 p. (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

Contents: Scan. -- RedH. -- Iden. -- Bosc. -- Five. -- Twis. -- Blue. -- Spec. -- Engr.

 

C2044. Selected Stories of Sherlock Holmes. Simplified by Anne Forsyth. [New Delhi: The Macmillan Company of India Ltd., 1971.] 126 p. illus. (Macmillan's Stories to Remember: Senior Series)

Contents: RedH. -- Blue. -- 3Stu. -- Gree. -- Copp. -- Dyin. -- Glossary. -- Questions.

2nd printing 1973.

 

C2045. Sherlock Holmes. New York: Ballantine Books, [1975]. 6 v. Boxed set.

Title from box.

Cover illustrations by Dick Anderson.

Contents: [Vol. 1] Stud. -- [Vol. 2] Sign. -- [Vol. 3] Adventures. -- [Vol. 4] Memoirs. -- [Vol. 5] Houn. -- [Vol. 6] Return.

Volumes also listed separately.

Reissued in 1976.

 

C2046. [Sherlock Holmes. New York: The Benjamin Co. for Flint Laboratories, n.d., 1970.] 6 v.

Title from running feet.

Contents: Bk. 1. Five. -- Bk. 2. Engr. -- Bk. 3. Blue. -- Bk. 4. Nobl. -- Bk. 5. RedH. -- Bk. 6. Five. -- Engr. -- Blue. -- Nobl. -- RedH.

A set of promotional booklets distributed to physicians in the U.S.

Books also listed separately under individual titles.

 

C2047. Sherlock Holmes. Complete and unabridged. With all the original illustrations of Sidney Paget. New York: Chatham River Press, [1983]. 361 p. (Greenwich Unabridged Library Classics)

Printed in double columns.

Simulated red leather with gilt letters, marbled endpapers, and gilt edges.

Contents: Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- Return. -- Houn.

Previously published as The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury and The Complete Sherlock Holmes Treasury.

 

C2048. Sherlock Holmes. The G. Washington Edition. [Vol. I] New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., [1932]. 190 p.

Frontispiece of Leigh Lovell, radio narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories, as Watson.

Garnet red boards; silhouette profile of Holmes in gilt on cover; oxide red endpapers.

Contents: Illu. -- Blan. -- Maza. -- 3Gab. -- Cree. -- Suss. -- Veil.

 

C2049. Sherlock Holmes. New York: R.F. Fenno & Co., 1903. 431 p.

At head of title: Special Limited Edition.

On jacket: Theatre Edition.

Illustrated with scenes from Gillette's play, including a frontispiece of the actor.

Red cloth lettered white, with illustration in black of Holmes in a dressing gown holding a revolver.

Contents: Sherlock Holmes (Stud). -- Sign. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Iden. -- Bosc.

 

C2050. Sherlock Holmes. New York: R.F. Fenno & Co., [n.d., ca.1903]. 431, [3] p. ads.

On jacket: Theatre Edition.

Same as above but with ads and cover illustration in orange.

 

C2051. Sherlock Holmes. A definitive text, corrected and edited by Edgar W. Smith, with an introduction by Vincent Starrett, and illustrated with a selective collation of the original illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and others. New York: The Heritage Press, [1952 (Vol. 1), 1957 (Vols. 2-3)]. 3 v. (xxiii, 1777 p)

Title from spine; each volume has a special title page.

Three-quarter decorated light brown boards with initials "VR" and black medallion portrait of Holmes; black cloth spines lettered gilt.

In black slipcases.

In the first issue of Vol. 1 [1952] the Steele illustration ("The key to the riddle was in my hands") appears (incorrectly) facing page 610; in the second issue [1957] and third issue [1971] the illustration appears (correctly) facing page 620. In the first issue [1952] and second issue [1957] there is no publisher's device on the title-page verso; in the third issue [1971] the Heritage Club device appears above the copyright notice on the title-page verso.

In the first issue of Vols. 2-3 [1957] there is no publisher's device on the title-page verso. In the second issue [1972] the Heritage Club device appears above the copyright notice on the title-page verso.

Contents: [Vol. 1] The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Introduction by Vincent Starrett. -- Notes on the Collation by Edgar W. Smith. -- Stud. -- Sign. -- Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- [Vol. 2] The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Return. -- Houn. -- [Vol. 3] The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. His Last Bow. -- Vall. -- Case Book.

 

C2052. Sherlock Holmes. A definitive text, corrected and edited by Edgar W. Smith, with an introduction by Vincent Starrett, and illustrated with a selective collation of the original illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and others. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950-1952. 8 v. (xxviii, 1777 p.)

Title from spine; each volume has a special title page. Three-quarter decorated light brown boards with initials "VR" and black medallion portrait of Holmes; black cloth spines lettered gilt.

In black slipcases.

Limited to 1500 numbered copies.

Contents: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Vol. 1. Introduction by Vincent Starrett. -- Notes on the Collation by Edgar W. Smith. -- Stud. -- Sign. -- Vol. 2. Adventures. -- Vol. 3. Memoirs. -- The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Vol. 1. Introduction by Elmer Davis. -- Return. -- Vol. 2. Introduction by Fletcher Pratt. -- Houn. -- Vol. 3. Introduction by Rex Stout. -- His Last Bow. -- The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Vol. 1. Introduction by Anthony Boucher. -- Vall. -- Vol. 2. Introduction by Christopher Morley. -- Case Book. -- Epilogue by Edgar W. Smith.

 

C2053. Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1898-1899. 124, 157, 157 p.

Title from spine.

Spine title: The Sign of Four. Sherlock Holmes.

Three of the Newnes Sixpenny Series bound together in one volume. Each has a separate title page and is dated: Sign, 1899; Adventures, 1898; Memoirs, 1899.

Maroon cloth lettered gilt on spine; edges tinted.

 

C2054. Sherlock Holmes. London and Sydney: Pan Books, [1975]. 4 v.

Boxed set.

Title from box.

Contents: [Vol. 1] Sign. -- [Vol. 2] Stud. -- [Vol. 3] Vall. -- [Vol. 4] Houn.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2055. Sherlock Holmes. [New York: Pebbles Press, 1977, c.1975.] 4 v. (The Pebbles Classic Library. Edited by Sandy Lesberg) Boxed set.

Title from box.

Also on box: Bookthrift.

Frontispiece portrait of Holmes by Morgan Smith and foreword by Sandy Lesberg.

Simulated dark blue leather with design and letters in gilt.

Contents: [Vol. 1] Stud. -- Sign. -- [Vol. 2] Adventures. -- [Vol. 3] Memoirs. -- [Vol. 4] Houn.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2056. Sherlock Holmes. Especially edited and abridged for The Golden Picture Classics by Charles Verral. Illustrated by Tom Gill. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1957]. 96 p.

Cover illustration by Orbaan of Holmes, Watson, and Merryweather waiting in hiding in the City and Suburban Bank vault (RedH).

Published in hardcover (CL-108) and paperback (CL-408) editions.

Contents: Introduction. -- I Meet Mr. Sherlock Holmes (from the record book of John H. Watson, M.D.). -- Spec. -- Nava. -- Iden. -- Blue. -- RedH. -- Fina. -- Epilogue.

 

C2057. Sherlock Holmes. Especially edited and abridged by Charles Verral. Illustrated by Tom Gill. New York: Golden Press, [1963]. 96 p. (No. 10723)

Cover illustration and contents as above.

 

C2058. Sherlock Holmes. Especially edited and abridged by Charles Verral. [New York: The Nestle Co., n.d., 1968, c.1956.] 95 p.

"Free with purchase of 2 lb. Nestle's Quik."

Cover illustration and contents as above, but without illustrations.

 

C2059. Sherlock Holmes. New York: Street & Smith, [1904]. 2 v. (226, 215 p.). (Magnet Library, No. 322, January 6, 1904; No. 323, January 13, 1904)

Cover title: Sherlock Holmes: Detective Stories in Two Volumes.

Paper covers with illustration of Holmes, in light green and black, in a dressing gown smoking a cigarette.

Contents: Vol. 1. Scan. -- Iden. -- RedH. -- Stud. -- Vol. 2. Sign. -- Bosc.

 

C2060. Sherlock Holmes. [Manchester: World International Pub. Ltd., 1986.] 6 v. (61 p. ea.) illus.

Contents: [Vol. 1] About the Author. -- Bosc. -- [Vol. 2] Five. -- [Vol. 3] Copp. -- [Vol. 4] RedH. -- [Vol. 5] Spec. -- [Vol. 6] Silv.

 

C2061. Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet and The Red-Headed League. Abridged for young readers by Felix Sutton. Illustrated by H.B. Vestal. New York: Wonder Books, [1957]. 64 p. (Young Readers Wonder Books, No. 2549)

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Ages 6-12.

 

C2062. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Textbook of Friendship. Edited by Christopher Morley. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., [1944]. iii, 366 p.

On verso of t.p.: a.2.44.

Beige cloth lettered red.

Distributed at the Triology Dinner with "Sherlock Holmes's Prayer" laid in.

Contents: Memorandum, by C.M. -- Introduction, by Christopher Morley. -- Stud (the first five chapters of part 2 have been omitted but are briefly summarized). -- Sign. -- Fina. -- Empt. -- Bruc. -- A Guide to the Complete Sherlock Holmes, by Christopher Morley. -- Note for Advanced Students.

On jacket: The Adventure of the F.W.L. Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., by Christopher Morley.

The first annotated textbook on Sherlock Holmes, intended primarily for high school students. Each story is followed by a "Topics for Discussion" section.

2nd printing (beige cloth lettered blue); 3rd printing [c.9.44] (red cloth lettered black).

 

C2063. Sherlock Holmes and His Rivals. [Harmondsworth, Middlesex]: Penguin Books, [n.d., 1976]. 5 v.

Boxed set.

Title from box.

Designed by John Gorham.

Contents: [Vol. 1] Case Book. -- [Vol. 2] Memoirs. -- [Vol. 3] The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. Edited by Hugh Greene. -- [Vol. 4] More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. Edited by Hugh Greene. -- [Vol. 5] Further Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. Edited by Hugh Greene.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2064. Sherlock Holmes and Other Detective Stories. Wood-engravings by John Musacchia. New York: Illustrated Editions Co., [1941]. 142, 176 p.

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Contents: RedH. -- Iden. -- Scan. -- That Little Square Box. -- Sign.

 

C2065. Sherlock Holmes and Other Detective Stories. Wood-engraving by John Musacchia. An illustrated edition. Cleveland: The World Pub. Co., [1941]. 142, 176 p. (Illustrated Editions)

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Jacket title: Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories.

Contents as above.

 

C2066. Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Foot: Further Cases of the World's Most Famous Detective. Selected and introduced by Peter Haining. [London]: Severn House, [1986]. 117 p.

Cover design by John Costelloe. Cover illustration by Roger Smith.

Contents: Introduction. -- Glor. -- Card. -- Devi. -- Chas. -- Lion.

 

C2067. The Sherlock Holmes Collected Edition. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., [n.d., 1977, c.1974]. 4 v.

Same as Murray/Cape edition but long stories only.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2068. [The Sherlock Holmes Collected Edition.] Frontispiece portrait by Sheilagh Noble. [London]: Heron Books, [n.d., 1982]. 8 v. illus.

Designed by William B. Taylor.

"Rich, deep-grained Burgundy Kidron bindings; silken head and tail bands; exquisitely detailed golden embellishing; bound-in silken bookmarks; authentic period-style endpapers."

Published by arrangement with John Murray and Jonathan Cape.

Contents: [Vol. 1] A Study in Scarlet. With an introduction by Hugh Greene. The Sign of Four. With an introduction by Graham Greene. Illustrations by George Hutchinson & A. Twidle. 258 p. -- [Vol. 2] The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. With an introduction by Eric Ambler. Illustrations by Sidney Paget. 303 p. -- [Vol. 3] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. With an introduction by Kingsley Amis. Illustrations by Sidney Paget. 254 p. -- [Vol. 4] The Hound of the Baskervilles. Foreword & afterword by John Fowles. Illustrations by Sidney Paget. 182 p. -- [Vol. 5] The Return of Sherlock Holmes. With an introduction by Angus Wilson. Illustrations by Sidney Paget. 326 p. -- [Vol. 6] The Valley of Fear. With an introduction by Len Deighton. Illustrations by Frank Wiles. 173 p. -- [Vol. 7] His Last Bow. With an introduction by Julian Symons. Illustrations by Alec Ball, H.M. Brock, A. Gilbert, Gilbert Holiday, Sidney Paget, Walter Paget, Joseph Simpson and Arthur Twidle. 198 p. -- [Vol. 8] The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. With an introduction by C.P. Snow. Illustrations by Howard Elcock, A. Gilbert and Frank Wiles. 247 p.

 

C2069. [The Sherlock Holmes Collected Edition.] [Harlow, Essex]: Longman, [1979-1980]. 9 v. (The Heritage of Literature Series)

The text for this paperback edition was reproduced photographically from the text of the 1974 edition published by John Murray and Jonathan Cape.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2070. The Sherlock Holmes Collected Edition. [London]: John Murray and Jonathan Cape, [1974]. 9 v.

Title from jackets.

Dark gray cloth lettered gilt on spines; top edges tinted blue; drawings by various artists reproduced on endpapers.

Jackets designed by Leigh Taylor.

Contents: [Vol. 1] Stud. -- [Vol. 2] Sign. -- [Vol. 3] Houn. -- [Vol. 4] Vall. -- [Vol. 5] Adventures. -- [Vol. 6] Memoirs. -- [Vol. 7] Return. -- [Vol. 8] His Last Bow. -- [Vol. 9] Case Book.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2071. [The Sherlock Holmes Collected Edition.] [Harmondsworth, Middlesex]: Penguin Books, [1981-1983]. 9 v.

Covers designed by John Gorham.

Volumes unnumbered.

Contents: [Vol. 1] Stud. -- [Vol. 2] Sign. -- [Vol. 3] Adventures. -- [Vol. 4] Memoirs. -- [Vol. 5] Return. -- [Vol. 6] Houn. -- [Vol. 7] Vall. -- [Vol. 8] His Last Bow. -- [Vol. 9] Case Book.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2072. Sherlock Holmes Crime Stories. Girard, Kans.: Haldeman-Julius Co., [n.d.]. 64 p. 5 x 3 1/2 in. (Little Blue Book, No. 1028. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius)

Cover title: Man with the Twisted Lip: A Sherlock Holmes Crime Story.

Light blue pictorial paper covers.

Also, yellow pictorial paper covers.

Contents: Twis. -- Blue.

 

C2073. Sherlock Holmes, Detective: Eight of His Famous Adventures. Arranged for young readers with a preface by Raymond T. Bond. With photographs and illustrations from the original editions. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., [1965]. vi, 240 p.

Gray cloth lettered yellow and black on spine.

Jacket illustration by Tanner of Holmes and a hansom cab.

Contents: Twis. -- Engr. -- Spec. -- Bery. -- Copp. -- Bosc. -- Fina. -- Empt.

 

C2074. Sherlock Holmes [Detective Stories]. New York: Books, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings)

On spine: Dean Press.

Jacket illustration by Politzer.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- Scan. -- Iden. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell. -- The Captain of the "Pole Star". -- J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement. -- The Great Keinplatz Experiment. -- That Little Square Box.

 

C2075. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Books, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings)

Same as above but in half gray pressed boards and half dark blue cloth with design and letters in light green on spine; top edge tinted orange.

 

C2076. Sherlock Holmes [Detective Stories]. New York: Books, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings)

Dark brown cloth with design and letters in gilt on spine; top edge tinted.

Also, dark green cloth, otherwise same.

Dark red cloth, otherwise same.

 

C2077. Sherlock Holmes [Detective Stories]. New York: Books, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings)

At head of title: Art-type edition.

Also on t.p.: The World's Popular Classics.

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories.

Rose red cloth with design and letters in gilt; top edge tinted.

Also, garnet red cloth, otherwise same.

 

C2078. Sherlock Holmes [Detective Stories]. New York; Boston: Books, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings) (The New Prize Guild Library, No. 32)

Light blue cloth lettered dark blue.

Jacket illustration of Holmes's profile and themes from various stories.

 

C2079. Sherlock Holmes [Detective Stories]. New York: Books, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings) (The Registered Guild Library, No. 31)

Title on title page: Sherlock Holmes.

At head of title: Art-type edition.

Also on t.p.: The World's Popular Classics.

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories.

Series title from jacket.

Turquoise blue cloth lettered dark blue.

 

C2080. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York; Boston: Books, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings) (The Registered Guild Library, No. 31)

Orange cloth with design and letters in gilt on spine; endpaper map of literary authors that omits Doyle's name.

 

C2081. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Books, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings) (University Library of Classics)

Black cloth lettered gilt; top edge red.

Jacket illustration by Politzer.

 

C2082. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Books, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings) (The University Library of Classics)

Same as above (black cloth) except for ad on jacket flap for The Handy Book for Boys and The Modern Hand-Book for Girls.

 

C2083. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Books, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings) (The University Library of Classics)

Same as above but in black shiny cloth.

Jacket illustration by Politzer.

 

C2084. Sherlock Holmes [Detective Stories]. New York: Caxton House, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings) (Popular Classics of the World)

Contents as above.

 

C2085. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Court Book Co., [Special printing, May 1941]. iii, 239 p.

Dark brown cloth lettered yellow.

Contents: Sign. -- Scan. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- Iden. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell.

 

C2086. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York; Boston: Gordon & Payne, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings)

"10 Complete in One Volume." (Subtitle)

Green cloth with floral design and letters in gilt on spine.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- Scan. -- Iden. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell. -- The Captain of the "Pole Star". -- J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement. -- The Great Keinplatz Experiment. -- That Little Square Box.

 

C2087. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. Girard, Kans: Haldeman-Julius Co., [n.d.]. 64 p. 5 x 3 1/2 in. (Little Blue Book, No. 1026. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius)

Light blue paper covers. Also, gold paper covers with portrait of Haldeman-Julius on back.

Contents: RedH. -- Five.

 

C2088. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: "Tarry at the Taft", [n.d.]. iii, 239 p.

On cover: Compliments of the Hotel Taft, New York.

Orange cloth with letters and line drawing of hotel in black.

Contents: Sign. -- Scan. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- Iden. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell.

 

C2089. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. Boston: Leslie Pub. Co., 1930. 239, 244 p.

Frontispiece of Doyle, c. Underwood & Underwood.

Dark red cloth lettered gilt on spine; ruled border and design of magnifying glass and handprint blind stamped on cover, repeated on spine; top edge tinted.

Contents: Sign. -- Scan. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- Iden. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell. -- Stud.

Also published by Murray Book Corp. and Three Pay Sales Corp., 1930.

 

C2090. The Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: F.M. Lupton, Publisher, Oct. 1896. 60 p. (The People's Handbook Series, No. 48. Published Quarterly)

Printed in double columns.

Contents: Sign. -- Scan. -- Iden. -- RedH.

 

C2091. Sherlock Holmes: Detective Stories. New York: Mayfair Pub. Co., [n.d.]. 95 p. [1] p. ads. (Mayfair Editions)

Cover title: Sherlock Holmes.

Printed in double columns.

Contents: Sign. -- Stud.

 

C2092. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Murray Book Corp., 1930. 239, 244 p.

Frontispiece of Doyle, c. Underwood & Underwood.

Dark green cloth lettered gilt on spine; ruled border and design of magnifying glass and handprint blind stamped on cover, repeated on spine.

Contents: Sign. -- Scan. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- Iden. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell. -- Stud.

Also published by Leslie Pub. Co. and Three Pay Sales Corp., 1930.

 

C2093. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Popular Classics, [n.d.]. iii, 239 p.

Deep blue cloth with repetitive diamond shaped design and letters in gilt on cover and spine.

Contents: Sign. -- Scan. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- Iden. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell.

 

C2094. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Readers League of America, [n.d.]. iii, 239 p.

Dark blue cloth lettered red.

Also, brown cloth lettered red.

Dark brown cloth lettered gilt.

Light orange paper covered boards lettered black.

Contents as above.

 

C2095. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Readers League of America, [n.d.]. 1 v. (various pagings)

At head of title: Art-type edition.

Also on t.p.: The World's Popular Classics.

Red cloth with design and letters in gilt; top edge tinted.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- Scan. -- Iden. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell. -- The Captain of the "Pole Star". -- J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement. -- The Great Keinplatz Experiment. -- That Little Square Box.

 

C2096. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: J.A. Richards, [n.d.]. 239, 246 p.

At head of title: Classical Romance.

Ruby cloth lettered gilt on spine, with covers blank but blind stamped to simulate half leather.

Contents: Sign. -- Scan. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- Iden. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell. -- File No. 113, by Emile Gaboriau.

 

C2097. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: J.H. Sears & Co., [n.d.]. iii, 239 p.

Deep blue cloth with repetitive diamond shaped design and letters in gilt on cover and spine; flambeau intertwined with flowering vine on endpapers.

Contents: Sign. -- Scan. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- Iden. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell.

 

C2098. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: J.H. Sears & Co., [n.d.]. iii, 239 p.

Garnet red cloth with repetitive diamond shaped design and letters in gilt on cover and spine; design also in black on endpapers and title page.

Contents as above.

 

C2099. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: J.H. Sears & Co., [c.1923]. iii, 239 p. (The Reader's Library. Edited by Lucas Lexow)

Ruby cloth with shield and architectural design in gilt on cover; architectural design on endpapers.

Also published without copyright date on verso of title page.

Contents as above.

 

C2100. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: J.H. Sears & Co., [n.d.]. iii, 239 p. (Royal Blue Library)

Dark blue cloth lettered gilt on spine, with crown and shield in gilt on cover; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt.

Contents as above.

 

C2101. The Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Street & Smith, [n.d.]. 226, [26] p. ads. (Magnet Library, No. 72)

One of the ads for Street & Smith's books is "revised to October, 1900."

Contents: Scan. -- Iden. -- RedH. -- Stud.

 

C2102. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Street & Smith, [n.d.]. 215 p. (Magnet Library, No. 323)

Vol. 2 of a two-volume set.

Contents: Sign. -- Bosc.

 

C2103. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. New York: Three Pay Sales Corp., 1930. 239, 244 p.

Frontispiece of Doyle, c. Underwood & Underwood.

Dark red cloth lettered gilt on spine; ruled border and design of magnifying glass and handprint blind stamped on cover, repeated on spine; top edge tinted.

Contents: Sign. -- Scan. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- Iden. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell. -- Stud.

Also published by Leslie Pub. Co. and Murray Book Corp., 1930.

 

C2104. Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Cases. Introduction by Howard Haycraft. New York: Bantam Books, [September 1968]. 278 p. (N3825)

Cover photograph of a clay figure of Holmes.

Contents: Introduction: The Time, the Place, and the Man. -- Houn. -- RedH. -- Spec. -- Scan. -- Musg. -- Silv. -- Blue.

 

C2105. Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Cases. Introduction by Howard Haycraft. Large Type Edition Complete and Unabridged. New York: Franklin Watts, [n.d., March 1967]. 463 p.

"A Keith Jennison Book."

Contents as above.

2nd printing September 1967.

 

C2106. Sherlock Holmes: His Most Famous Mysteries. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., March 1975]. 384 p.

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Cover photograph of "Sherlock Holmes."

Published in trade and library editions.

Contents: Stud. -- Scan. -- Glor. -- Sign. -- Gree.

2nd printing, n.d.

 

C2107. Sherlock Holmes: His Most Famous Mysteries. New York: Tempo Books/Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1975]. 384 p. (No. 7484)

Paperback edition with same cover illustration and contents as above.

 

C2108. Sherlock Holmes Illustrated. [Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Features by Clive Hopwood. Illustrated by Paul Crompton and Glenn Rix.] [Secaucus, N.J.: Chartwell Books, [1981]. 128 p.

Cover illustration of Holmes and Watson in the likeness of Rathbone and Bruce.

Contents: Introduction. -- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. -- Musg. -- The People of the Abyss. -- Murder in Whitechapel. -- A Policeman's Lot in Victorian England. -- Twis. -- The Living Legend. -- Houn (picture story). -- Men of the Yard. -- Croo. -- Heroes and Villains. -- Holmes on the Screen. -- Chas. -- The Telegram. -- Sherlock Holmes: The World's First Consulting Detective. -- Shos. -- Heroes and Villains. -- The World City. -- The Victorian Underworld. -- Lion.

 

C2109. Sherlock Holmes Illustrated. [Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Features by Clive Hopwood. Illustrated by Paul Crompton and Glenn Rix.] [Manchester, Eng.]: World, [1981]. 128 p.

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes Mystery Book.

Cover illustration and contents as above.

 

C2110. The Sherlock Holmes Illustrated Omnibus. A facsimile edition of all Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories illustrated by Sidney Paget as they originally appeared in The Strand Magazine. [London]: John Murray/Jonathan Cape, [1978]. 1 v. (various pagings)

Dark brown cloth lettered gilt on spine.

Contents: Introduction: Art in the Blood: Some Notes on Sherlock Holmes, by Leslie Fiedler. -- Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- Houn. -- Return.

 

C2111. The Sherlock Holmes Illustrated Omnibus. A facsimile edition of all Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories illustrated by Sidney Paget as they originally appeared in The Strand Magazine. [London]: John Murray/Jonathan Cape, [1979]. 388 p. illus.

Title on t.p.: The Second Sherlock Holmes Illustrated Omnibus.

Spine and jacket title: The Sherlock Holmes 2nd Illustrated Omnibus.

Contents: His Last Bow. -- Vall. -- Case Book.

 

C2112. The Sherlock Holmes Illustrated Omnibus. A facsimile of the stories and the adventure as they were first published in The Strand Magazine, London, with Sidney Paget's original illustrations and with new introductions by Steven Marcus, Leslie Fielder [and] Samuel Rosenberg. New York: Schocken Books, [1976]. 1 v. (various pagings) (SB507)

Cover design by Edward Smith.

Contents: Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- Houn. -- Return.

The four individual titles were also published by Schocken in hardcover editions.

 

C2113. Sherlock Holmes Investigates. Selected and introduced by Michael and Mollie Hardwick. With Sidney Paget illustrations. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., [1967]. 232 p.

Contents: Who Is Sherlock Holmes-- -- Sherlock Holmes's London. -- 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes Meets Dr. Watson (excerpt from Stud). -- 2. Twis. -- 3. Spec. -- 4. RedH. -- 5. Engr. -- 6. Reig. -- 7. Blue. -- A Final Word.

 

C2114. Sherlock Holmes Investigates. Selected and introduced for new readers by Michael and Mollie Hardwick. [Illustrations by Sidney Paget.] [London]: John Murray, [1963]. 233 p.

Published in hardcover and paperback editions.

Contents as above.

Reprinted 1966, 1972.

 

C2115. [The Sherlock Holmes Library.] Adapted by David Eastman. Illustrated by Allan Eitzen. [Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, [1982]. 4 v. (32 p. ea.)

Grades 5-9.

Title from publisher's catalog.

Published in hardcover and paperback editions.

Contents: [Vol. 1] RedH. -- [Vol. 2] Spec. -- [Vol. 3] Fina. -- [Vol. 4] Empt.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2116. Sherlock Holmes, Master Detective. Morristown, N.J.: Silver Burdett Co., [1982]. iv, 291, 13 p. illus. (The Silver Classics)

With two illustrations by Paget and a cover illustration of Holmes.

Contents: Scan. -- Spec. -- Copp. -- Musg. -- Fina. -- Empt. -- Danc. -- Prio. -- Seco. -- About the Author and the Book, by William Brittain.

Also published in a library binding with Notes and Questions.

 

C2117. Sherlock Holmes Meets the Sussex Vampire, and Other Cases of the World's Most Famous Detective. Selected and introduced by Peter Haining. [London: Fontana Paperbacks, 1981.] 159 p. illus.

"Armada, C1885"

Cover illustration of a green silhouetted shadow of Holmes, his pipe, and a bat against a stone wall.

Contents: Spec. -- Gree. -- Fina. -- Empt. -- Suss. -- Last.

 

C2118. The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries. With an introduction by Frederick Busch. [New York]: New American Library, [January 1985]. 382 p.

"A Signet Classic, CE1901."

"The incomparable detective's greatest adventures -- now a PBS television series." (Cover)

Contents: Introduction: Holmes's Occupation, by Frederich Busch. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Bosc. -- Five. -- Blue. -- Spec. -- Copp. -- Croo. -- Resi. -- Gree. -- Nava. -- Fina. -- Empt. -- Norw. -- Danc. -- Soli.

 

C2119. The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries. Expanded edition. With an introduction by Frederick Busch. New York and Scarborough, Ontario: New American Library, [March 1987]. 533 p.

"A Signet Classic, CE2106."

"Includes all the stories on PBS-TV." (Cover)

Contents: Introduction: Holmes's Occupation, by Frederick Busch. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Bosc. -- Five. -- Blue. -- Spec. -- Copp. -- Croo. -- Resi. -- Gree. -- Nava. -- Fina. -- Empt. -- Norw. -- Danc. -- Soli. -- SixN. -- Prio. -- Musg. -- Twis. -- Seco. -- Abbe.

 

C2120. Sherlock Holmes Mystery Stories. Girard, Kans.: Haldeman-Julius Co., [n.d.]. 64 p. (Little Blue Book, No. 1027. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius)

Cream paper covers with portrait of Haldeman-Julius on back cover.

Contents: Bosc. -- Engr.

 

C2121. The Sherlock Holmes Pocket Book. New York: Pocket Books, [February 1941]. 355, [8] p. ads. (No. 95)

Cover portrait of Holmes smoking a calabash pipe.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- Scan. -- Iden. -- RedH.

2nd printing March 1941; 3rd printing April 1941; 4th printing June 1941; 5th printing September 1941; 6th printing October 1941; 7th printing January 1942; 8th printing June 1942; 11th printing November 1944 (cover illustration of Holmes looking through his magnifying glass).

 

C2122. Sherlock Holmes Problem Stories. Girard, Kans.: [Haldeman-Julius Co., n.d.] 64 p. 5 x 3 1/2 in. (Little Blue Book, No. 1101)

White pictorial paper covers.

Contents: Copp. -- Croo.

 

C2123. A Sherlock Holmes Reader. [New York]: Berkley Pub. Corp., [November 1975]. 611 p.

"A Berkley Windhover Book, B3010."

Contents: Stud. -- Houn. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Iden. -- Five. -- Spec. -- Nobl. -- Copp. -- Yell. -- Glor. -- Musg. -- Reig. -- Gree. -- Nava. -- Fina. -- Empt. -- Danc. -- Prio. -- Blac. -- Chas. -- Gold.

 

C2124. Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories. With an introduction by S.C. Roberts. New York: Avenel Books, [1985]. xxiii, 435 p. (Oxford World's Classics)

Jacket illustration by Kate Jaspers.

First published by Oxford University Press, 1951.

Contents: Silv. -- Spec. -- Sign. -- Scan. -- Nava. -- Blue. -- Gree. -- RedH. -- Empt. -- Miss. -- Last.

 

C2125. Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories. With an introduction by S.C. Roberts. [London]: Chancellor Press, [1985]. xxiii, 435 p. (Oxford World's Classics)

Cover illustration by Kate Jaspers.

 

C2126. Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories. With an introduction by S.C. Roberts. London: Oxford University Press, [1951]. xxiii, 435 p. (The World's Classics, 528)

Reprinted 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960 (9th).

 

C2127. Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories. With an introduction by S.C. Roberts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, [1980]. xxiii, 435 p. (The World's Classics)

Cover illustration from Silv by Sidney Paget.

Reprinted 1981, 1983, 1985.

 

C2128. Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories. Adapted by Diana Stewart. Illustrated by Don Toht. Milwaukee: Raintree Publishers, [1980]. 47 p.

Contents: Scan. -- Spec. -- Silv. -- Twis. -- RedH. -- Glossary.

 

C2129. Sherlock Holmes Series. Illustrated. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. 3 v. (xv, 287, 307, 259 p.)

Illustrations by Sidney Paget and W.H. Hyde.

Title from spine.

Each volume has a special title page.

At head of title (vol. 1 only): Stories of Sherlock Holmes.

Red cloth lettered gilt on spines; top edges tinted.

Contents: Vol. 1. The Creator of Sherlock Holmes, by James MacArthur. -- Stud. -- Sign. -- Vol. 2. Adventures. -- Vol. 3. Memoirs.

Reprinted, n.d., garnet red cloth.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2130. Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. Chosen and simplified by Anthony Laude. [London]: Longman, [1977]. 120 p. (Longman Simplified English Series, 46)

Cover by Brian Lee.

Contents: RedH. -- Twis. -- Engr. -- Resi. -- Lady. -- 3Gar. -- Wist. -- Glossary.

New impression 1977; 5th impression 1982.

 

C2131. Sherlock Holmes: Six Popular Stories. New York: Exeter Books/Bookthrift Marketing, [1987]. 285 p. illus. (Classic Collection)

Contents: Silv. -- RedH. -- Copp. -- Bosc. -- Five. -- Spec.

 

C2132. Sherlock Holmes Stories. Introduced by H.M. King. [Illustrated by Harold Beards.] London: John Murray, [January 1950]. 3 v. (vii, 113; vii, 112; vii, 119 p.)

Title from spine.

Each volume has a special title page and contains three complete, unedited stories, an introduction, notes and questions.

Contents: [Vol. 1] The First Book of Sherlock Holmes. Silv. -- Stoc. -- Fina. -- [Vol. 2] The Second Book of Sherlock Holmes. Empt. -- RedH. -- Dyin. -- [Vol. 3] The Third Book of Sherlock Holmes. Twis. -- Danc. -- Last.

Reprinted December 1950.

 

C2133. Sherlock Holmes Stories. Adapted by Philip Nokes. Oxford University Press, [1982]. 92 p. (Alpha Crime)

"1500 headword level."

Designed by The Small Back Room.

Illustrated by Helen Cowcher.

Contents: Twis. -- Spec. -- Silv. -- Fina. -- Empt. -- Norw. -- Devi. -- Cree. -- Shos. -- Glossary.

Reprinted 1982.

 

C2134. The Sherlock Holmes Stories. New York and London: Street & Smith, [n.d.]. 87, 42, 96 p. (Select Fiction Library)

Dark green cloth lettered black, with ornate design of grape vine in orange and black on cover and spine.

Also, maroon cloth lettered gilt on spine.

Partial contents: Scan. -- Iden. -- RedH.

 

C2135. Sherlock Holmes Tales. Girard, Kans.: Haldeman-Julius Co., [n.d.]. 64 p. 5 x 3 1/2 in. (Little Blue Book, No. 102. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius)

Cover title: Two Tales from Sherlock Holmes.

Frontispiece portrait of Doyle.

Yellow paper covers.

Contents: Iden. -- Scan.

 

C2136. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Illustrated Novels. [London]: Chancellor Press, [1987]. 496 p. illus.

Contents: Stud. Illustrated by George Hutchinson. -- Sign. Illustrated by F.H. Townsend. -- Houn. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. -- Vall. Illustrated by Frank Wiles.

 

C2137. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Illustrated Short Stories. [London]: Chancellor Press, [1985]. 986 p. illus.

"All 56 short stories with original illustrations from The Strand Magazine." (Jacket)

 

C2138. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Short Stories. With an introduction by Loren Estleman. New York: Bantam Books, [October 1986]. 2 v. (xvi, 924; xvi, 662 p.)

"A Bantam Classic."

Contents: Vol. 1. Stud. -- Sign. -- Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- Return. -- Vol. 2. Houn. -- Vall. -- His Last Bow. -- Case Book.

Also issued in a "deluxe gift-box edition," 1987.

 

C2139. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories. Introduction by Peter Cushing. Illustrated by Francis Mosley. London: The Folio Society, [June 1993]. 5 v. (336, 272, 352, 224, 272 p.)

The five volumes are bound in full cloth, blocked with a design by David Eccles, and presented in a matching slipcase.

Contents: Vol. 1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. -- Vol. 2. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. -- Vol. 3. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. -- Vol. 4. His Last Bow. -- Vol. 5. The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes.

 

C2140. Sherlock Holmes: The Long Stories. [Leicester]: Galley Press, [1987]. ix, 639 p. (The Golden Heritage Series)

Blue cloth lettered gilt on spine.

Jacket design by Jim Reader. Illustration by Phil Game.

 

C2141. Sherlock Holmes: Two Complete Adventures. Philadelphia: Running Press, [1989]. 153 p. 3.25 x 2.75 in.

"A Running Press Miniature Edition."

"The dust jacket was designed by Toby Schmidt and illustrated by Bob Kern. The interior was designed and illustrated by Judith Barbour Osborne."

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Jacket title: Sherlock Holmes: Three [sic] Complete Adventures.

Contents: Introduction. -- Five. -- Blue.

2nd printing (jacket title: Sherlock Holmes: Two Complete Adventures).

 

C2142. The Sign of the Four or The Problem of the Sholtos. New York: International Book Co., [n.d.]. 255, 213 p. (A. Conan Doyle's Works)

Publisher's address on title page: 310-318 Sixth Avenue.

On spine: The Sign of the Four. A Study in Scarlet. Popular Edition.

Dark brown cloth with "A. Conan Doyle's Works" at top of spine, enclosed in rectangular scrollwork design in gilt; at base of spine: "Popular Edition," enclosed in narrow rectangular scrollwork design in gilt.

Contents: Sign. -- Scan. -- Iden. -- Stud.

 

C2143. The Sign of the Four or The Problem of the Sholtos. New York: International Book Co., [n.d.]. 255, 213 p. (Works of A. Conan Doyle)

Same as above except that "Works of A. Conan Doyle" appears on top of spine.

 

C2144. The Sign of Four. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.] London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1899. 124, 157, 157 p.

The Sixpenny trilogy with each title page dated: Sign, 1899; Adventures, 1898; Memoirs, 1899.

The Strand Newnes design also appears on the title pages.

Garnet red cloth lettered gilt on spine; covers blank.

 

C2145. The Sign of Four. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Authorized edition. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corp., [n.d., 1936]. viii, 319 p. (The Complete Sherlock Holmes in Six Volumes, [Vol. 2])

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of the Four. The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Also listed in a set.

 

C2146. The Sign of Four. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. 319 p. (The Crowborough Edition, Vol. 16)

Also listed in a set.

 

C2147. The Sign of Four. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1933. 319 p.

One in a set of volumes in violet cloth, comprising all the Canonical tales.

Cover blind stamped with author's signature; decorations and letters in gilt on spine.

 

C2148. The Sign of the Four, A Scandal in Bohemia, A Case of Identity, Etc. New York: A.L. Burt, Publisher, [n.d.]. 364 p.

Spine title: Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Vol. II.

Also on spine: Library Edition.

Maroon cloth lettered gilt on spine.

Also contains: My Friend the Murderer. -- The Ring of Thoth. -- The Surgeon of Gaster Fell. -- John Huxford's Hiatus.

 

C2149. The Sign of the Four, A Scandal in Bohemia and Other Stories. New York: A.L. Burt Co., [n.d.]. 364 p.

Publisher's address on title page: 52-58 Duane Street.

Spine title: Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Vol. II.

Dark red cloth lettered gilt on spine.

Contents as above.

 

C2150. The Sign of the Four, A Scandal in Bohemia and Other Stories. New York: A.L. Burt Co., [n.d.]. 364 p.

Frontispiece of Doyle.

Spine title: Sign of the Four.

Garnet red ribbed cloth with design and letters in gilt on spine.

Contents as above.

 

C2151. The Sign of the Four, A Scandal in Bohemia and Other Stories. New York: A.L. Burt, Publisher, [n.d.]. 364 p.

Spine title: Sign of the Four.

Garnet red ribbed cloth with design and letters in gilt on spine.

Similar to above but without the frontispiece.

 

C2152. The Sign of the Four, A Scandal in Bohemia and Other Stories. New York: A.L. Burt Co., [n.d.]. 364 p. (Cornell Series)

Spine title: Sign of the Four.

Dark green cloth lettered gilt on spine, covers blank; top edge gilt.

Contents as above.

 

C2153. The Sign of the Four, A Scandal in Bohemia and Other Stories. New York: A.L. Burt Co., [n.d.]. 364, 16 p. ads. (Cornell Series)

Spine title: Sign of the Four.

Dark green ribbed cloth lettered gilt on spine; covers blank; top edge tinted.

Contents as above.

 

C2154. The Sign of the Four, A Scandal in Bohemia and Other Stories. New York: A.L. Burt Co., Publishers, [n.d., 1900]. 364 p. (The Home Library)

Frontispiece by J. Watson Davis with caption: "By the table in a wooden arm chair, the master of the house was seated."

Garnet red ribbed cloth lettered gilt on spine; blank covers; top edge gilt.

Contents as above.

 

C2155. The Sign of the Four and A Study in Scarlet. New York: American Publishers Corp., [n.d.]. 183, 213, 7 p. ads.

Spine title: The Sign of the Four.

Dark red ribbed cloth lettered gilt on spine; torch with flourishing ribbon tied around middle, enclosed in floral wreath, in gilt on cover.

 

C2156. The Sign of Four and A Study in Scarlet. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1894, 1890. 283, 214, [2] p. ads.

Title from spine; each story has separate title page, dated 1894 and 1890 respectively.

Frontispiece by H.D.

Red buckram lettered gilt on spine; top edge gilt.

 

C2157. The Sign of the Four and A Study in Scarlet. New York: Lovell, Coryell & Co., [n.d.]. 183, 213, 12 p. ads.

Publisher's address on title page: 310-318 Sixth Avenue.

Cover and spine title: The Sign of the Four. A Study in Scarlet.

Red cloth lettered dark green on cover and gilt on spine.

 

C2158. The Sign of the Four and A Study in Scarlet. New York: Lovell, Coryell & Co., [n.d.]. 183, 213, 10 p. ads.

Publisher's address on title page: 5 and 7 East Sixteenth Street.

Cover and spine title: The Sign of the Four. A Study in Scarlet.

Dark red cloth lettered dark green on cover and gilt on spine.

 

C2159. The Sign of the Four and A Study in Scarlet. New York: Lovell, Coryell & Co., [1893]. 255, 213, [4] p. ads. (The Belmore Series, No. 21, June 1893)

Publisher's address on title page: 7 East Sixteenth Street.

White paper covers with rectangular wreath design and letters in brown on cover and spine.

Contents: Sign. -- Scan. -- Iden. -- Stud.

 

C2160. The Sign of the Four and A Study in Scarlet. New York: Lovell, Coryell & Co., [1893]. 255, 213, [9] p. ads. (The Belmore Series, No. 21, June 1893)

Same as above except for number of ads.

 

C2161. The Sign of the Four and A Study in Scarlet. New York: Lovell, Coryell & Co., [1893]. 255, 213, [--] p. ads. (The Belmore Series, No. 21, June 1893)

Same as above except for the ads and address on title page: 310-318 Sixth Avenue.

 

C2162. Silver Blaze and Other Stories. Retold by Anne Collins. Illustrated by Kay Dixey. London: Heinemann Educational Books, [1987]. 57 p. (Heinemann Guided Readers, Elementary Level, 21)

Main cover photograph by Chris Yates.

Contents: Blue. -- Silv. -- SixN. -- Points for Understanding.

 

C2163. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes. With original Strand Magazine illustrations and twelve colour illustrations by Graham Ward. [London]: Octopus Books, [1986]. 318 p.

Contents: Scan. -- RedH. -- Iden. -- Five. -- Twis. -- Spec. -- Copp. -- Silv. -- Yell. -- Glor. -- Reig. -- Croo. -- Gree. -- Fina. -- Empt. -- Danc. -- Chas. -- Gold.

 

C2164. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adapted for young readers by Catherine Edwards Sadler. Illustrated by Andrew Glass. [New York: Avon Books, November 1981.] 4 v. (143, 157, 109, 110 p.).

"Avon Camelot Books."

Ages 9-12.

Contents: Bk. 1. Stud. -- RedH. -- Twis. -- Bk. 2. Sign. -- Blue. -- Spec. -- Bk. 3. Engr. -- Bery. -- Silv. -- Musg. -- Bk. 4. Reig. -- Croo. -- Gree. -- Nava.

 

C2165. Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories. New York: Dover Publications, [1992]. 107 p. (Dover Thrift Editions)

Dover design by Paul E. Kennedy.

Contents: Note. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Spec. -- Engr. -- Fina. -- Empt.

 

C2166. Some Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Abridged and slightly simplified by W.J. Hoggett. Illustrated by Stein. London: Longmans, Green and Co., [1949]. ix, 182 p. (The Bridge Series)

Contents: Copp. -- 3Stu. -- Spec. -- RedH. -- Twis. -- Dyin. -- Glossary.

3rd impression 1953.

 

C2167. The Speckled Band and Other Stories. Retold by Anne Collins. Illustrated by Kay Mary Wilson. London: Heinemann Educational Books, [1986]. 73 p. (Heinemann Guided Readers, Intermediate Level, 33)

Cover by Chris Yates.

Contents: Spec. -- Danc. -- RedH. -- Points for Understanding. -- Glossary.

Reprinted 1987.

 

C2168. A Study in Scarlet and Other Stories. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, [n.d.]. vii, 414 p. (The Works of A. Conan Doyle, Vol. 1)

Frontispiece in blue tone by Frederic Dorr Steele.

Partial contents: The Original of Sherlock Holmes, by Dr. Harold Emery Jones. -- Stud. -- Scan. -- Iden.

Issued in at least three variant bindings.

Also listed in sets.

 

C2169. A Study in Scarlet and Other Stories. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, [n.d.]. vii, 414 p. (The Works of A. Conan Doyle, Vol. 1)

At head of title: The latest books of Conan Doyle by special arrangement with the author.

Frontispiece in brown tone by Frederic Dorr Steele.

Contents as above.

Also listed in a set.

 

C2170. A Study in Scarlet. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Illustrations by Greg Spalenka. Afterword by G.K. Chesterton. Pleasantville, N.Y.: The Reader's Digest Association, [1986]. 301 p. (The World's Best Reading)

Afterword adapted from two essays.

Laid in is a four-page biography of Doyle.

Quarter black simulated leather and three-quarter dark red cloth lettered gilt.

 

C2171. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four. New York: D. Appleton and Co., [c.1902]. xx, 430 p. (Author's Edition, [Vol. 10])

Frontispiece by Arthur Twidle.

With publisher's note and introduction by Joseph Bell.

Published 1903.

Also listed in a set.

 

C2172. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four. [Introduction by Susan Calderella.] New York City: Belmont Tower Books, [May 1976]. 131, 119 p. (BT 50930)

Title from cover and spine.

Title on t.p.: The Sign of Four and A Study in Scarlet.

Cover illustration by Ken Barr.

 

C2173. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four. [New York]: Berkley Pub. Corp., [July 1963]. 253 p.

"A Berkley Medallion Book, F798."

Cover illustration by W. Teason of a deerstalker, magnifying glass, candle, key, and picture of a skeleton.

2nd printing October 1965 (F798); 3rd printing February 1968 (X1575); 4th printing May 1969; 5th printing April 1970; 6th printing August 1970; [--] printing April 1975 (X2838); 14th printing 1977 (new cover illustration by Guy Deel); 16th printing 1979 (variant cover illustration by Guy Deel); 23rd printing May 1981.

 

C2174. A Study in Scarlet. The Sign of the Four. [Introduction by James MacArthur.] New York: P.F. Collier & Son Co., [n.d., 1932]. xv, 287 p. (The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Authorized edition in eight volumes, [Vol. 1])

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet. The Sign of the Four.

Also listed in a set.

 

C2175. A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the Four. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., [n.d., January 1961]. 232 p.

"A Dolphin Book, C124."

Cover design by George Giusti. Cover drawing by Robin Jacques.

 

C2176. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. [Introduction by James MacArthur.] New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. xv, 287 p.

Light blue cloth lettered gilt, with Gordian knot and mask in black.

 

C2177. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. [Introduction by James MacArthur.] New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [n.d., C-Q (March 1916), c.1904]. xv, 287 p.

Cover as above.

 

C2178. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. [Introduction by James MacArthur.] New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [n.d., E-V (May 1921), c.1904]. xv, 287 p.

Red cloth, otherwise the same.

 

C2179. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. [Introduction by James MacArthur.] New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [n.d., I-X (September 1923)]. xv, 287 p.

Ruby red cloth, otherwise the same.

 

C2180. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four. With a note on Sherlock Holmes by Dr. Joseph Bell. Illustrated [by Arthur Twidle]. London: John Murray, 1903. xx, 220, 210 p. (Author's Edition, [Vol. 7])

Also listed in a set.

 

C2181. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. [New York: Peebles Press, 1975.] 282 p. (The Peebles Classic Library. Edited by Sandy Lesberg)

Frontispiece portrait of Holmes by Morgan Smith and foreword by Sandy Lesberg.

Simulated dark blue leather with design and letters in gilt.

 

C2182. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four. Illustrated [by Arthur Twidle]. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1903. xx, 430 p. (Author's Edition, [Vol. 7])

With publisher's note and introduction by Joseph Bell.

Published October 15, 1903.

Also listed in a set.

 

C2183. A Study in Scarlet. The Sign of Four. Leicester: [F.A. Thorpe, n.d., February 1969]. 250 p. (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

 

C2184. A Study in Scarlet. The Valley of Fear. [Introduction by Dr Joseph Bell.] Authorized Edition New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corp., [n.d., 1936]. xii, 332 p. (The Complete Sherlock Holmes. In six volumes, [Vol. 1])

Spine title: Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet. The Valley of Fear.

Also listed in a set.

 

C2185. A Study in Scarlet. The Valley of Fear. [Introduction by Joseph Bell.] Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. xii, 332 p. (The Crowborough Edition, Vol. 15)

Also listed in a set.

 

C2186. A Study in Scarlet. The Valley of Fear. [Introduction by Joseph Bell.] Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1933. xii, 332 p.

Dark brown cloth; author's signature blind stamped on cover; design and letters in gilt on spine; top edge tinted.

Reprinted 1934.

 

C2187. Tales of Mystery and Suspense. Racine, Wis.: Golden Press/Western Pub. Co., [1979--]. 3 v. Boxed set.

Contents: [Vol. 1] Best Stories of Sherlock Holmes. -- [Vol. 2] Ten Tales Calculated to Give You Shudders. -- [Vol. 3] Seven Great Detective Stories.

Volumes 1 and 3 also listed separately.

 

C2188. [Tales of Sherlock Holmes.] New York: American Publishers Corp., [n.d.]. 2 v. (255 p.; 213, 137-199 p.)

Title from spine.

Also on spine: Popular Edition.

Each volume has its own title page: Vol. I. The Sign of the Four or The Problem of the Sholtos. Vol. II. A Study in Scarlet.

Reddish brown cloth with design and letters in gilt on spine.

Contents: Vol. 1. Sign. -- Scan. -- Iden. -- Vol. 2. Stud. -- RedH. -- Bosc.

 

C2189. [Tales of Sherlock Holmes.] New York: American Publishers Corp., [n.d.]. 2 v. (255, 255 p.).

Title from spine.

Additional title on spine for [Vol. I]: The Sign of the Four. No additional title on Vol. II.

Also on spine: Popular Edition.

Title on title pages: The Sign of the Four and A Study in Scarlet.

Green cloth with design and letters in gilt on spine.

Contents same in both volumes: Sign. -- Scan. -- Iden.

 

C2190. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Girard, Kans.: Appeal Pub. Co., [n.d.]. 96 p. (Appeal Pocket Series, No. 102. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius)

Light green paper covers.

Contents: Iden. -- Scan. -- RedH.

 

C2191. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. With an introduction by G. Mercer Adam. New York: A.L. Burt Co., [c.1906]. 415 p.

Issued in various bindings and with or without a frontispiece and other illustrations by J. Watson Davis; also with different ads.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- Scan. -- Iden.

 

C2192. Tales of Sherlock Holmes: Detective Stories. Three Owls Edition. New York: W.R. Caldwell & Co., [n.d.]. 359 p. illus. (The International Adventure Library)

Illustrated with two scenes from Gillette's play.

Dark red cloth lettered gilt against black background on spine, with Three Owls device blind stamped on cover.

Contents: Stud. -- Iden. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Bosc. -- Sign.

A variant edition is illustrated with three scenes from the play.

 

C2193. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d.]. 359 p.

Issued in various bindings and with or without a frontispiece and other scenes from Gillette's play; also with different ads.

Contents as above.

 

C2194. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Robert K. Haas, Inc., Publishers (Formerly Little Leather Library Corp.), [n.d.]. 96 p. 5 x 3 1/2 in.

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Red leather.

Contents: Iden. -- Scan.

 

C2195. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Girard, Kans.: Haldeman-Julius Co., [n.d.]. 96 p. 5 x 3 1/2 in. (Ten Cent Pocket Series, No. 102. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius)

Light blue paper covers.

Contents: Iden. -- Scan. -- RedH.

 

C2196. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Boston: Human Life Pub. Co., [n.d.]. 359 p.

Illustrated with scenes from Gillette's play.

Purple cloth with design and letters in gray.

Contents: Stud. -- Iden. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Bosc. -- Sign.

 

C2197. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Little Leather Library Corp., [n.d.]. 157, [2] p. ads. (Little Leather Library, No. 19)

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Light brown leather lettered dark brown.

Contents: Iden. -- Scan. -- RedH.

 

C2198. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Little Leather Library Corp., [n.d.]. 96 p. 4 x 3 1/4 in. (Miniature Library)

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Red leather lettered yellow.

Contents: Iden. -- Scan.

 

C2199. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Little Leather Library Corp., [n.d.]. 96 p. 4 x 3 1/4 in. (Redcroft Edition)

Cover and spine title: Sherlock Holmes.

Green leather.

Contents as above.

 

C2200. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Harvey Dinnerstein. Afterword by Clifton Fadiman. New York: The Macmillan Co., [1963]. ix, 608 p. (Macmillan Classics, No. 24)

Cover illustration of Holmes and Watson, reproduced on jacket.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- Bery. -- Scan. -- Iden. -- Spec. -- Silv. -- RedH. -- Musg. -- Houn.

2nd printing 1966.

 

C2201. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Toronto: The Musson Book Co., [n.d.]. 359 p.

Putty cloth lettered red and orange on cover and black on spine, with full-length silhouette of Holmes in black against red background on cover.

Contents: Stud. -- Iden. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Bosc. -- Sign.

 

C2202. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Boston: The Mutual Book Co., [n.d.]. 359 p.

Yellowish white cloth, otherwise same as above.

Contents as above.

 

C2203. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Washington: National Home Library Foundation, 1932. 259, [2] p. ads. (Jacket Library, No. 10. Edited by Sherman F. Mittell)

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- Scan.

The first Sherlock Holmes paperback -- dark red lettered black.

 

C2204. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Orange Judd Co., 1907. 359, [4] p. ads.

Light brown paper covers lettered red on cover and black on spine, with full-length silhouette of Holmes in black against red background on cover.

Contents: Stud. -- Iden. -- Scan. -- RedH. -- Bosc. -- Sign.

 

C2205. Tales of Sherlock Holmes. [Introduction by G. Mercer Adam.] New York: Triangle Books, [May 1938]. iv, 415 p.

Green cloth lettered black; blue endpapers.

Jacket illustration of Holmes and a large magnifying glass.

Contents: Stud. -- Sign. -- Scan. -- Iden.

Reprinted March 1940, April 1940, January 1941, March 1941, April 1941, September 1941, December 1941.

 

C2206. Ten Tales of Detection. Chosen and introduced by Roger Lancelyn Green. With colour frontispiece and line drawings in the text by Ian Ribbons. London: J.M. Dent & Sons; New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., [1967]. xvi, 204 p. (Children's Illustrated Classics, No. 72)

Sherlockian frontispiece, repeated on jacket.

Partial contents: Silv. -- Bruc.

 

C2207. Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Simplified by Frances Johnston. [Harlow, Essex]: Longman, [1976]. 59 p. illus. (New Method Supplementary Readers, Stage 4)

"1500 word vocabulary."

Illustrations from the 1964-1965 BBC series, starring Douglas Wilmer and Nigel Stock.

Contents: Spec. -- Five. -- The Crown of Diamonds (Bery). -- Questions. -- List of extra words.

New impression 1976; 7th impression 1981; 8th impression 1983.

 

C2208. Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Simplified by Frances Johnston. [Harlow, Essex]: Longman, [1987]. 58 p. illus. (Longman Classics)

"Stage 4: 1800 word vocabulary."

Photographs from the Granada TV series, with Jeremy Brett and David Burke.

Contents: Introduction. -- Spec. -- Five. -- The Crown of Diamonds (Bery). -- Questions. -- New Words.

 

C2209. Three Sherlock Holmes Adventures. Abridged and simplified by Lewis Jones. Illustrations by Willie Rodger. London and Glasgow: Collins, [1982]. 48 p. (Collins English Library, Level 2: 600 words)

Contents: A note to the reader by John H. Watson. -- Silv. -- Thor. -- Stoc.

2nd printing, n.d.

 

C2210. Three Sherlock Holmes Stories. Edited and with an introduction by Leslie Sherwood. [Illustrated by Stein.] London; New York; Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co., [1949]. x, 86 p. illus. (Essential English Library)

Simplified versions.

Cover illustration by Marjorie Moon.

Contents: Blue. -- Spec. -- Silv. -- Glossary.

 

C2211. Three Short Stories from The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Simplified by Alan Pugh. [Harlow, Essex]: Longman, [1979]. 57 p. illus. (New Method Supplementary Readers, Stage 3)

"1200 word vocabulary."

Illustrations from the 1968 BBC series, starring Peter Cushing and Nigel Stock.

Contents: Introduction by Dr. Watson. -- SixN. -- Norw. -- The Golden Glasses (Gold). -- List of extra words.

2nd impression 1981; 3rd impression 1983.

 

C2212. A Treasury of Sherlock Holmes. Selected and with an introduction by Adrian Conan Doyle. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., [c.1955]. xiv, 686 p.

Ivory cloth lettered black on spine.

Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes.

Contents: Stud. -- Houn. -- RedH. -- SixN. -- Fina. -- Five. -- Danc. -- Dyin. -- Blue. -- Nava. -- Bery. -- Silv. -- Musg. -- Spec. -- Blac. -- Reig. -- Chas. -- Engr. -- Seco. -- Abbe. -- Maza. -- Thor. -- Shos. -- Devi. -- Gree. -- Glor. -- Prio. -- Empt. -- Last.

 

C2213. A Treasury of Sherlock Holmes. Selected and with an introduction by Adrian Conan Doyle. Garden City, N.Y.: Hanover House, [1955]. xiv, 686 p.

Bluish green cloth lettered black on spine; black rules on title page.

Also, with rust colored rules on title page, otherwise identical.

Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes.

 

C2214. A Treasury of Sherlock Holmes. Selected and with an introduction by Adrian Conan Doyle. Garden City, N.Y.: Hanover House, [1955]. xiv, 686 p.

Three-quarter black boards with yellow cloth spine lettered black; top edge orange; black rules on title page.

Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes.

 

C2215. A Treasury of Sherlock Holmes. Selected and with an introduction by Adrian Conan Doyle. Garden City, N.Y.: Hanover House, [1955]. xiv, 686 p.

Book club edition.

Gray boards lettered black on spine; top edge tinted orange.

Also, lettered orange, otherwise identical.

Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes.

 

C2216. A Treasury of Sherlock Holmes. Selected and with an introduction by Adrian Conan Doyle. Garden City, N.Y.: International Collectors Library, [1966, c.1955]. x, 686 p.

Deluxe edition; "Tree of Life" replica binding: simulated dark blue leather with design and letters in gilt; blue endpapers with matching ribbon page marker; top edge gilt.

 

C2217. A Treasury of Sherlock Holmes. Selected and with an introduction by Adrian Conan Doyle. Garden City, N.Y.: International Collectors Library, [1966, c.1955]. x, 686 p.

"Tree of Life" replica binding: simulated dark blue leather with design and letters in gilt; white endpapers with blue ribbon page marker.

 

C2218. Works of A. Conan Doyle. With preface and notes by the author, and photogravure illustrations. New York: D. Appleton and Co., [c.1902]. 13 v.

Author's Edition.

Each volume has special title page.

Illustrations by Arthur Twidle, Sidney Paget, and W.B. Wollen.

Red buckram with white paper label on spines; top edges gilt, other edges uncut.

Limited to 1,000 numbered sets.

Volumes unnumbered and given in the publisher's order.

Partial contents: [Vol. 8] Adventures. -- [Vol. 9] Memoirs. -- [Vol. 10] Stud. -- Sign. -- [Vol. 11] Houn.

First American edition; published 1903.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2219. Works of Arthur Conan Doyle. With preface, notes, and hand-colored photogravure illustrations. New York: D. Appleton and Co., [c.1902]. 13 v.

Author's Edition.

Same as above.

Limited to 50 sets.

 

C2220. The Works of A. Conan Doyle. One Volume Edition. New York: Walter J. Black, [n.d.]. 1020 p.

Spine title: The Works of Doyle.

Frontispiece of Holmes by Steele.

Printed in double columns.

Issued in various bindings.

Partial contents: Scan. -- Bosc. -- Iden. -- RedH. -- Sign. -- Stud.

 

C2221. The Works of A. Conan Doyle. One Volume Edition. New York: Walter J. Black, [n.d.]. 1020 p. (The Giant International Series)

Spine title: Collected Works of A. Conan Doyle.

Printed in double columns.

Issued in at least two variant bindings.

Contents as above.

 

C2222. The Works of A. Conan Doyle. One Volume Edition. New York: Black's Readers Service Co., [n.d.]. 621 p.

Spine title: The Works of Doyle.

Printed in double columns.

Red cloth with design and title in gilt against black background on spine; A. Conan Doyle's name in gilt on cover.

Partial contents: Scan. -- Bosc. -- Iden. -- RedH. -- Sign.

Also published with a different place of publication on title page (Roslyn, N.Y.), otherwise identical.

 

C2223. The Works of A. Conan Doyle. One Volume Edition. Roslyn, N.Y.: Black's Readers Service Co., [n.d., 1975]. 621 p.

Spine title: The Works of Doyle.

Printed in double columns.

Simulated beige leather lettered gilt against red background on spine; floral design in gilt on spine; A. Conan Doyle's name on front cover; top edge gilt; floral endpapers.

 

C2224. The Works of A. Conan Doyle. One Volume Edition. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corp., [n.d.]. 1020 p.

Spine title: Doyle Selected Works.

Frontispiece of Holmes by Steele.

Printed in double columns.

Dark blue cloth with design and letters in gilt; facsimile of Doyle's signature on cover; marbled endpapers.

Partial contents: Scan. -- Bosc. -- Iden. -- RedH. -- Sign. -- Stud.

 

C2225. The Works of A. Conan Doyle. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, [n.d.]. 10 v.

Dark green cloth lettered gilt on spines; design blind stamped on covers and spines; publisher's name is given as "P.F. Coller & Son" on spines.

Partial contents: Vol. 1. The Original of Sherlock Holmes, by Dr. Harold Emery Jones. -- Stud. -- Scan. -- Iden. -- Vol. 2. Sign. -- Vol. 6. Houn. -- Vol. 8. Return.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2226. The Works of A. Conan Doyle. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, [n.d.]. 10 v.

Dark green cloth lettered gilt on spines; without design; publisher's name is given as "Collier" on spines.

Contents as above.

 

C2227. The Works of A. Conan Doyle. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, [n.d.]. 10 v.

Half dull green cloth and half leather, lettered gilt on spines; design blind stamped on spines; top edges gilt; light green on white endpapers with repetitive wing-and-torch medallion on striped background.

Contents as above.

 

C2228. [The Works of A. Conan Doyle.] Illustrated. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, [n.d.]. 10 v.

At head of titles: The latest books of Conan Doyle by special arrangement with the author.

Bronze red cloth lettered gilt; floral shield device with Doyle's initials blind stamped on covers; shield in gilt on spines.

Contents as above.

 

C2229. [The Works of A. Conan Doyle.] The Crowborough Edition. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. 24 v.

Each volume has special title page.

Spine title: The Crowborough Edition.

"Limited to 760 numbered sets, the first volume of each set signed by the author of which 750 sets are for sale and 10 sets are for presentation."

Three-quarter brown paper over heavy boards with off-white buckram spine; upper cover: facsimile signature of Doyle in gilt; white paper label titled black on spines; top edges gilt, other edges uncut.

Cream jacket titled as on spine label.

Partial contents: Vol. 15. Introduction by Dr. Joseph Bell. -- Stud. -- Vall. -- Vol. 16. Sign. -- Houn. -- Vol. 17. Adventures. -- Vol. 18. Memoirs. -- Vol. 19. Return. -- Vol. 20. His Last Bow. -- Case Book. -- Vol. 22. ManW. -- Lost. -- Vol. 24. Memories and Adventures.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2230. The Works of A. Conan Doyle. De Luxe edition. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Pub. Co., [1937]. 24 v.

Light tan cloth lettered tan against red background on spines; top edges tinted; fore-edges uncut.

Contents as above.

 

C2231. [The Works of A. Conan Doyle.] Illustrated. London: John Murray, 1903. 12 v.

Author's Edition.

Each volume has special title page.

Illustrations by Arthur Twidle, Sidney Paget, B. West Clinedinst, and W.B. Wollen.

Geranium (red) cloth lettered gilt; top edges gilt, other edges uncut. Dated 1903 but not actually issued until 1917, the year Smith, Elder's business was amalgamated with John Murray's. The sets were the unused portion of the original 1,000.

Volumes unnumbered and given in the publisher's order.

Partial contents: [Vol. 5] Adventures. -- [Vol. 6] Memoirs. -- [Vol. 7] Stud. -- Sign.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2232. [The Works of A. Conan Doyle.] Illustrated. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1903. 12 v.

Author's Edition.

Each volume has special title page.

Illustrations by Arthur Twidle, Sidney Paget, B. West Clinedinst, and W.B. Wollen.

Geranium (red) cloth lettered gilt; top edges gilt, other edges uncut.

Limited to 1,000 numbered sets, of which the first volume is signed by the author.

Contents as above.

First American edition -- English issue; issued September 24- November 16, 1903.

Volumes also listed separately.

 

C2233. The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Complete & unabridged. [London]: Longmeadow Press, [1985]. xxiv, 808 p.

Illustrated by Sidney Paget, George Hutchinson, and F.H. Townsend.

Frontispiece drawing of Doyle by Modeste Stein.

Spine title: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, etc.

"This edition published exclusively for Walden Book Company by arrangement with Avenel Books."

Simulated red bonded leather with design and letters in gilt; gilt edges; pink and gilt endpapers, with red ribbon page marker.

Contents: Foreword by Donald Flanell Friedman. -- A Note on the Text. -- About the Illustrations. -- Publisher's Note. -- Mr. Sherlock Holmes, by Dr. Joseph Bell. -- Introduction by Patricia Horan. -- Adventures. -- Memoirs. -- Return. -- Houn. -- Stud. -- Sign. -- Wist. -- Bruc.

 

C2234. The World of Mystery Fiction. Edited by Elliot L. Gilbert. San Diego: University Extension, University of California; in cooperation with Publisher's Inc., Del Mar, Calif., [1978]. xxxi, 441 p.

Jacket illustration by Darrel Millsap.

Partial contents: Scan. -- RedH. -- Spec.

 

C2235. The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories. (In ten volumes) Eugene Thwing, editor-in-chief. Vol. 6. New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Co., [1929]. 208 p.

Dark red cloth lettered gilt on spine.

Also, green cloth lettered gilt on spine; top edge gilt.

Partial contents: 3Gar. -- Maza.

 

 D. Braille Editions

 

 

C2236. -- A802. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: The Royal National Institute for the Blind, 1920. 3 v. (Catalogue No. 4922, 4923, 4924)

 

C2237. -- A803. Cases of Sherlock Holmes. Adapted by [William] Kottmeyer. Louisville, Ky.: American Printing House for the Blind, 1965. 1 v. (Everyreader Series)

"Braille Grade 2, F."

Contents: Spec. -- RedH. -- SixN. -- Empt. -- Something About the Author, by William Kottmeyer.

 

 E. Shorthand Editions

 

 

C2238. -- A804. "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," Pitman's Shorthand Weekly, Vol. 4, No. 6 -- Vol. 6 (1894--) illus.

"The Strand Library Edition (Geo. Newnes, Ltd.) 6s., forms a Key."

 

C2239. -- A805. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Engraved in the advanced style of Pitman's shorthand, by permission of the author.

A selection of the stories from the edition published by George Newnes, Ltd., which forms the key to the shorthand. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., [1915--] 3 v. illus.

Contents: Vol. 1. Danc. -- Soli. -- Prio. -- Vol. 2. Empt. -- Blac. -- Chas. -- Vol. 3. Gold. -- SixN. -- Seco.

 

C2240. -- A806. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Engraved in the advanced stage of Pitman's shorthand. New Era Edition. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., [n.d.] 3 v. (120, 130, 120 p.)

Volumes 2 and 3 are illustrated with drawings by Sidney Paget.

Contents as above.

 

C2241. -- A807. The Sign of Four. Engraved in the easy reporting style of Pitman's shorthand. Twentieth Century Edition. London: Sir I. Pitman & Sons, [ca. 1890]. 171 p.

 

C2242. -- A808. The Sign of Four. Engraved in the easy reporting style of Pitman's shorthand. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1898. 171 p. (Pitman's Shorthand Library, 4)

 

C2243. -- A809. The Sign of Four. Engraved in the advanced style of Pitman's shorthand. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., [1916]. 171 p.

On cover: Centenary Edition.

 

C2244. -- A810. The Sign of Four. Printed in the advanced stage of Pitman's shorthand. New Era Edition. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1925. 170 p.

 

C2245. -- A811. The Sign of Four. Printed in the advanced stage of Pitman's shorthand. New Era Edition. New York: Pitman Pub. Corp., [n.d.] 170 p.

 

C2246. -- A812. The Sign of the Four. Printed in Gregg shorthand. New York; Chicago; San Francisco: The Gregg Pub. Co., [1918]. 188 p.

"Shorthand plates written by Alice Rinné Hagar."

 

 

 

 


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