POETRY COULD BE VERSH: A Catena of Canonical Limericks
(2003)
First edition of this collection of illustrated Sherlockian limericks.
Sherlockiana
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE MYSTERY SONNETS
(2001)
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.
HOLMES' RANGE
(1993)
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.
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLAW KOMBS
1979
Limited edition reprint of the first Sherlock Holmes parody, originally published in 1892 under the pseudonym "Luke Sharp."
BAKER-STREET STUDIES
1955
Limited BSI edition of these classic studies in Sherlock Holmes, reproduced in facsimile by the Baker Street Irregulars and introduced by Edgar W. Smith.
THE EARLY WORM
(1927)
First printing of Benchley's collection of humorous pieces, humorously inscribed in the month of publication.
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN AMERICA
(1981)
First printing of this copiously illustrated survey of American illustrations, comics, films, pastiches, and critical commentary on Sherlock Holmes.
SHERLOCK HOLMES: FACT OR FICTION?
(1932)
Uncommon first printing of Blakeney's biography of Sherlock Holmes, a Shaw 100 title.
MULTIPLYING VILLAINIES: Selected Mystery Criticism, 1942-1968
1973
First edition of this collection of selected reviews and critical writing by Boucher, including his essays "Baker Street Immortal" and "Opera and Murder."
70 YEARS BY GAS LAMP: The Illustrious Clients' Sixth Casebook
(2018)
Sixth collection of Sherlockian writings by the Illustrious Clients, with contributions from Steven Doyle, Patricia Ward, Andrew G. Fusco, Leslie S. Klinger, and others.
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: Dartmoor or Herefordshire?
[n.d.]
Sherlockian paper attempting to properly situate the roaming grounds of the Hound, originally delivered before the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and here reprinted by Magico Magazine from its 1953 publication in "Guy's Hospital Gazette."
ROOTS OF DETECTION: The Art of Deduction before Sherlock Holmes
(1983)
First paperback edition of this historical anthology of Doyle's precursors, selected from Herodotus, Voltaire, Poe, Dumas, and others.
SOUNDINGS IN THE SAGA
1948
Inscribed copy of this limited edition selection of Christ's brief Sherlockiana.
THE REAL WORLD OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: The True Crimes Investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle
(1991)
First paperback edition of this survey of Victorian criminal cases in which Doyle publicly took a side or otherwise recorded an interest.
BENDING THE WILLOW: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes
1996
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."
STARRING SHERLOCK HOLMES: A Century of the Master Detective on Screen
(2007)
Revised edition of Davies's comprehensive illustrated guide to Sherlock Holmes in film and television, with a foreword by Ian Richardson.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE UNIQUE DICKENSIANS
1968
First printing of this tale of Solar Pons, Derleth's Sherlockian detective, leading rival book collectors to seasonal regrets and repentance.
THE CASEBOOK OF SOLAR PONS
1965
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.
THE REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS
1961
First printing of the fourth volume of Derleth's Sherlock Holmes pastiches, with an introduction by Anthony Boucher and chronology by Robert Pattrick.
THREE PROBLEMS FOR SOLAR PONS
1952
First printing of these three collected adventures of the sub-Sherlockian detective Solar Pons.
THE RETURN OF SOLAR PONS
1958
First edition of this fourth collection of Derleth's pastiche homages to Doyle, starring detective Solar Pons and his Watsonian chronicler, Dr. Lyndon Parker.
THE LAST SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY
1978
First printing of the author's first novel, an account of Holmes's drug-dreamy investigation into the Ripper murders.
ON CONAN DOYLE, OR, THE WHOLE ART OF STORYTELLING
(2012)
First edition of this "reader's memoir" of the works of Arthur Conan Doyle from the longtime book reviewer at THE WASHINGTON POST.
THE PARLOUR GAMES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
1996
First printing of these selected exercises in logic from the Holmes canon, by mathematics professor Dorn.
MEMORIES AND ADVENTURES
[1924]
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.
