The Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ; [illustrated by Ian Beck]. --
Contributors: Beck, Ian
Series: Treasury of World Masterpieces
Publisher: Octopus Books
Published: 1981
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Leather Bound
Number of pages: 799
ISBN-13: 9780706415667
Other titles: Sherlock Holmes.
Description: This volume is comprised of six novels, all of which are set in criminal-ridden nineteenth-century London. The novels were written by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). The first three novels -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and The Return of Sherlock Holmes -- consist of twelve short stories each. A Study in Scarlet recounts the stunning tale of murder and betrayal, which ends in a way that is unexpected from that in which it starts. The Sign of Four is the case of a classic jewelry theft, and, finally, The Hound of the Baskervilles is a mysterious story in which it is narrated how a wealthy family is haunted by the curse of a blood-thirsty hound.
Notes: On cover: Complete & unabridged.

Dark green binding with lettering in gilt on spine and front cover; head of Holmes with deerstalker and pipe and leafy border in gilt and light green on front cover; leaves of book gilt-edged with marbled endpapers.

Title on spine: Sherlock Holmes.
Table of contents: title: The adventures of Sherlock Holmes; title: The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes; title: The return of Sherlock Holmes; title: A study in scarlet; title: The sign of four; title: The hound of the Baskervilles.