The Phantom Hound

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories. In this collection of critical essays, Kelvin I Jones, author of Conan Doyle and the Spirits, The Sherlock Holmes Murder File and numerous works on the Holmes saga, explains the inception of Doyle's Gothic crime story. He reveals how The Hound began life as an East Anglian legend. He also shows how the dark symbolism of the tale was based largely on Doyle's own troubled psyche. This wide-sweeping survey of one of the most famous novels in English crime literature includes an original short story based on the Legend of Black Shuck, East Anglia's hell hound, which features Doyle as the master sleuth.

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The Sherlock Holmes Pharmacopoeia

The long awaited companion volume to THE SHERLOCK HOLMES MURDER FILE (by the same author), this detailed examination of the poisons of the Sherlock Holmes stories provides a fascinating insight into the murky world of Victorian crime. Conan Doyle who was himself a doctor, possessed a voluminous knowledge of pharmacology. The author examines several poisons and their uses in the Holmes stories and also examines the question of the great detective's own drug addictions. Required reading for crime buffs.

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The Carfax Syndrome
Being A Study of Vampirism In The Sherlock Holmes Stories

Extraordinary links between Bram Stoker and A.C. Doyle. "What have we to do with walking corpses?" asked Sherlock Holmes in The Sussex Vampire. A great deal it seems, if the evidence of The Carfax Syndrome is to be accepted. First published in 1984, this classic study of the gothic and vampiric elements of the Holmes stories gives us pause for thought.
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Sherlock Holmes In Cornwall

Sherlock Holmes visited Cornwall late in his career when he investigated a bizarre murder case on The Lizard. 'The Adventure of the Devil's Foot' is a tale of greed, madness and death by hallucinogenic substance. It's author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was a frequent visitor to Cornwall and he used its atmospheric locations to wonderful effect. This new edition of his most weird of tales incorporates an introduction which investigates the true nature of 'The Devil's Foot'.
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Sherlock Holmes & The South Eastern

The indispensable guide to the old South Eastern railway and the Holmes stories centring upon Kent and Sussex.

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Thank You Watson - The Matches!

Contains every single reference to Holmes and smoking plus a detailed guide to the Master's nicotine habit.

Price £3.00

Upon The Tracing of Footsteps
With Some Remarks Upon The Uses Of Plaster Of Paris As A Preserver Of Impresses
By Sherlock Holmes

This slight monograph first appeared in London in 1878. It was discovered among the effects of the late Mrs John Watson by her granddaughter and first published in a limited edition in 1983.

Price £3.00