The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories (2 Vol. Set)

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. Hardcovers with Dust Jackets in a Slipcase. Fine/Fine.

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling to the upper spine tip of the Dust Jacket of Volume 1; Still Gift Quality. 10.5 inches tall; 1878 pages in continuous pagination,. 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, 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. Two-color text throughout; 800+ illustrations.

Contains The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, with 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.