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The astonishing debut of Sherlock Holmes and his partner in detection, Dr. Watson
Shot in the shoulder and brought to death’s door by typhoid fever, Dr. John Watson is sent home from the second Afghan war with a small income and nothing to do but recover his health. By his own account, he leads a meaningless existence in London until a chance encounter with an old friend brings news of comfortable lodgings on Baker Street. In a hospital...
Shot in the shoulder and brought to death’s door by typhoid fever, Dr. John Watson is sent home from the second Afghan war with a small income and nothing to do but recover his health. By his own account, he leads a meaningless existence in London until a chance encounter with an old friend brings news of comfortable lodgings on Baker Street. In a hospital...
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Classic short stories of Sherlock Holmes now available in a separate, attractively priced individual volume.
The publication of Leslie S. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Holmes short stories in 2004 created a Holmes sensation. Available again in an attractively-priced edition identical to the first, except this edition has no outer slipcase (Volume Two is available separately).Inside,...
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Sherlock Holmes mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Shocken Books
Pub. Date
1975.
Physical Desc
xii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
12) The sign of four
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Series
Sherlock Holmes mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Library edition.
Physical Desc
4 CDs (4 hours, 28 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the moment Mary Morstan tells Holmes about the mysterious disappearance of her father and the yearly gift of a pearl from an unknown benefactor, Holmes and his companion Watson are involved in an exotic tale of stolen treasure, secret oaths and murder, culminating in a breath-taking chase down the Thames. Holmes is in top form, and Watson falls in love.
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Sherlock Holmes mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
[New edition].
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 15 cm
Language
English
Description
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes contains Conan Doyle's last twelve stories about his great fictional detective. Compared with earlier collections these tales are darker, exploring such themes as treachery, mutilation and the terrible consequences of infidelity, and containing such gothic touches as a blood-sucking vampire and crypts at midnight.
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Vintage Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First Vintage Classics edition.
Physical Desc
915 pages ; 21 cm
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English
Description
Volume I includes the novels and stories that introduced the brilliant and unflappable Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson, to the world. A Study in Scarlet is a drama of long-simmering revenge that ranges from the fog-bound streets of London to the pioneer settlements of Utah. The Sign of Four weaves together a stolen treasure from India, poison darts, and double-crossing thieves, while The Hound of the Baskervilles sets the legend of a diabolical...
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Castle Books
Pub. Date
1978.
Physical Desc
636 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Here are the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle as they first appeared in the British magazine The Strand. This edition contains 37 short stories, reproduced in complete facsimile plus the complete novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles." The drawings of Sidney Paget illustrate the stories -- illustrations as immortal as the stories themselves. Paget produced more than 350 Sherlock Holmes illustrations, and it was his depictions...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote of many dreadful murders, but the one which astonished and distressed readers the most was when the author, anxious to try something new, killed off Sherlock Holmes. Trapped in mortal combat with the dastardly Professor Moriarty, Holmes and his opponent plunged to their deaths in the Reichenbach Falls. For ten long years, Baker Street was without its most revered resident. Then, in 1903, Doyle took pity on his readers...
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