POETRY COULD BE VERSH: A Catena of Canonical Limericks
First edition of this collection of illustrated Sherlockian limericks.
First edition of this collection of illustrated Sherlockian limericks.
Inscribed copy of this sonnet sequence inspired by the Holmes canon, by a member of the Bootmakers of Toronto and the Stormy Petrels of British Columbia, with the author's inscription to a fellow Sherlockian. Scarce.
First edition of this collection of Sherlockian scholarship, pastiche, and poetry, written over the course of five decades by a member of the Baker Street Irregulars.
First edition of this comic literary fantasia of the 1890s, including a Sherlock Holmes pastiche and dedicated to Arthur Conan Doyle as well as a number of other eminent Victorians.
Limited edition reprint of the first Sherlock Holmes parody, originally published in 1892 under the pseudonym "Luke Sharp."
Limited BSI edition of these classic studies in Sherlock Holmes, reproduced in facsimile by the Baker Street Irregulars and introduced by Edgar W. Smith.
First printing of Benchley's collection of humorous pieces, humorously inscribed in the month of publication.
Uncommon first printing of Blakeney's biography of Sherlock Holmes, a Shaw 100 title.
First edition of this collection of selected reviews and critical writing by Boucher, including his essays "Baker Street Immortal" and "Opera and Murder."
First printing of the Armchair Detective Library edition of this thrilling Sherlock Holmes pastiche, a clean, beautiful copy.
First edition in book form of these popular comedic stories, featuring a simple midwestern man who learns detective work via a correspondence school course advertising: "We can make you the equal of Sherlock Holmes in twelve lessons."
Scarce bibliography of Doyle's fiction, both Holmesian and non-, by the celebrated Sherlockian.
Inscribed copy of this limited edition selection of Christ's brief Sherlockiana.
First printing of this history of the Granada Television series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations, published in tribute to Jeremy Brett and the role that "fascinated, frightened, and consumed him."
First printing of this tale of Solar Pons, Derleth's Sherlockian detective, leading rival book collectors to seasonal regrets and repentance.
First printing of these collected adventures of Derleth's Sherlockian pastiches starring detective Solar Pons, with an introduction by Vincent Starrett and a monograph by Michael Harrison.
First printing of the fourth volume of Derleth's Sherlock Holmes pastiches, with an introduction by Anthony Boucher and chronology by Robert Pattrick.
First printing of these three collected adventures of the sub-Sherlockian detective Solar Pons.
Complete two-volume set of Derleth's Sherlockian pastiches starring detective Solar Pons, edited by Basil Copper and introduced by Robert Bloch.
First edition of this fourth collection of Derleth's pastiche homages to Doyle, starring detective Solar Pons and his Watsonian chronicler, Dr. Lyndon Parker.
First edition of this collection of Derleth's pastiche homages to Doyle, starring detective Solar Pons and his Watsonian chronicler, Dr. Lyndon Parker.
First printing of the author's first novel, an account of Holmes's drug-dreamy investigation into the Ripper murders.
First edition of this "reader's memoir" of the works of Arthur Conan Doyle from the longtime book reviewer at THE WASHINGTON POST.
First printing of these selected exercises in logic from the Holmes canon, by mathematics professor Dorn.
First printing in book form of Doyle's episodic memoirs, originally published in THE STRAND and covering his life from early childhood and medical training through to his literary career and embarkation on "The Psychic Quest," a Shaw 100 title.