The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Volume II

Language: English

Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1927

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1122 pp. Vol. II issue only! For the complete set, please inquire. A perfectly acceptable study or work or reading or research copy! Loose binding. Moderate browning, tanning, foxing or discoloration on page edges, not affecting text. Spine is torn. Slightly bumped cover board corners. Dust jacket missing. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based consulting detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that feature Holmes. The first story, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and the second, The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialised novels appeared until 1927. The stories cover a period from around 1880 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914. All but four stories are narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson; two are narrated by Holmes himself, this including the Blanched Soldier,and two others are written in the third person. In two stories (The Musgrave Ritual and The Adventure of the Gloria Scott), Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, whereas Watson becomes the narrator of the frame story. Conan Doyle said that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing large conclusions from the smallest observations.

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Title
The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Volume II
Author
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, KStJ, DL (Author); Christopher Morley (Preface by)
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY
Publication year
1927
Condition
Used-Acceptable
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Missing
Binding
Decorative Hardcover Canvas
Language
English
Dimensions
8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
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Complete and/or Collected Works, Fiction-Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction & Novel, Fiction-Mystery, Mysterious Fiction & Novel

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