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The final adventures of Sherlock Holmes : completing the canon  Cover Image Book Book

The final adventures of Sherlock Holmes : completing the canon

Doyle, Arthur Conan Sir 1859-1930 (author.). Haining, Peter, (editor,, author of introduction.).

Summary: "For many years it has been widely accepted that the complete canon of Sherlock Holmes's adventures by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle consisted of fifty-six stories and four novels. But there have also been persistent rumours of a number of other items that Conan Doyle wrote about his world-famous detective and which, for one reason or another, have never been included in the collected works. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Sir Arthur, these missing items, including stories, plays and poems, have at last been unearthed from obscurity and are published together in this volume to provide the final remaining authentic accounts of the great sleuth. The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes has been assembled after painstaking research in both Britain and America and is completed with fascinating background details about the items, their original publication, and what new facts they reveal about the Great Detective. It will undoubtedly be welcomed by every Holmes enthusiast and find a place of honour in Sherlockian libraries throughout the world - for in these pages Sherlock Holmes returns from oblivion...."--

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  • ISBN: 0890094071
  • ISBN: 9780890094075
  • Physical Description: 208 pages ; 22 cm.
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  • Publisher: Secaucus, New Jersey : Castle, 1981.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: Introduction \ The Truth About Sherlock Holmes -- The Mystery of Uncle Jeremy's Household -- The Field Bazaar -- The Story of the Man with the Watches -- The Story of the Lost Special -- The Adventure of the Tall Man -- The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes -- The Case of the Man who was Wanted -- Some Personalia about Sherlock Holmes -- The Case of the Inferior Sleuth -- The Crown Diamond -- How Watson Learned the Trick -- Appendix -- A Gaudy Death -- The Mystery of Sasassa Valley -- My Favourite Sherlock Holmes Adventures.
Subject: Short stories
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.

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