The new annotated Sherlock Holmes
Subtitle: the novels
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ; edited with annotations by Leslie S. Klinger ; with additional research by Janet Byrne and Patricia J. Chui.
Contributors: Klinger, Leslie S.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 907
ISBN-13: 9780393058000
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Doyle, Arthur Conan, -- Sir, -- 1859-1930.; Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.; Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.; Private investigators -- England -- Fiction.; Detective and mystery stories, English.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: 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 700-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. 700+ illustrations.
Notes: xivIn slip case, as issued.

Fisher copy: With dust jacket.  On slip case and dust jacket: Volume III.
Table of contents: title: A study in scarlet - The sign of four - The hound of the Baskervilles - The valley of fear.