Sherlockiana

The Ultimate Sherlock Holmes Encyclopedia, by Jack Tracy.

“A Universal Dictionary of Sherlock Holmes and His Bigrapher, Dr. Watson. Originally published as ‘The Encyclopedia Sherlockiana’.” Which I had as a softcover, bought from the college bookstore, and replaced when Kenny sent me a batch of books from his friend, a Sherlock enthusiast, who passed away. Illustrated.

Ranking: Keeper.

File Code: Reference. Literary. Hardback.

Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street, by William S. Baring-Gould.

“A Life of the World’s First Consulting Detective.” A famous fictional biography by the famed Holmes expert. Originally published in 1962. Another inheritance.

Ranking: Keeper.

File Code: Fictional Biography. Hardback.

The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr.

“A Collection of Sherlock Holmes Adventures based on Unsolved Cases from the Original Stories.” “The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes is a short story collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches, first published in 1954. It was written by Adrian Conan Doyle, who was the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (the creator of Sherlock Holmes), and by John Dickson Carr, who was the authorised biographer of the elder Conan Doyle. As an early and, due to the authors, rather authoritative example of Sherlockian pastiche, The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes is of much interest among Sherlockians.” – Wikipedia. We used to have this in paperback form, but without a cover. Another inheritance.

Ranking: Keeper.

File Code: Short Stories. Pastiche. Hardback.

Shadows over Baker Street, Edited by Michael Reeves and John Pelan.

“Sherlock Holmes enters the dark, nightmare world of H. P. Lovecraft”. Includes Neil Gaiman’s “A Study in Emerald”. I haven’t read many stories in this one, but there are some famous names here. The right day and the right mood and these crossovers would probably repay a little attention.

Ranking: Keeper.

File Code: Short Stories. Horror. Hardback.