The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes 150th Anniversary: the Short Stories and the Novels. 3 Volumes in Slipcases

New York: Norton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0393059162 . Three volumes, stiff and unmarked in crisp dust jackets. About new. The first two volumes are short stories housed together in one slipcase and the novels are housed in a second slipcase. The spine illustrations match to make a silhouette of a pipe-smoking Holmes. Stories are second printings; novels are first printing. ; This monumental edition promises to be the most important new contribution to Sherlock Holmes literature since William Baring-Gould's 1967 classic work. In this boxed set, Leslie Klinger, a leading world authority, reassembles Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 classic short stories in the order in which they appeared in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century book editions. Inside, readers will find a cornucopia of insights: beginners will benefit from Klinger's insightful biographies of Holmes, Watson, and Conan Doyle; history lovers will revel in the wealth of Victorian literary and cultural details; Sherlockian fanatics will puzzle over tantalizing new theories; art lovers will thrill to the 800-plus illustrations, which make this the most lavishly illustrated edition of the Holmes tales ever produced. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes illuminates the timeless genius of Arthur Conan Doyle for an entirely new generation of readers. //// The publication of Leslie S. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's four classic Holmes novels in 2005 created a Holmes sensation. Klinger reassembles Doyle's four seminal novels in their original order, with over 1,000 notes, 350 illustrations and period photographs, and tantalizing new Sherlockian theories. .