Octavo, 208 pages, clothbacked boards; two coffee drops - hard to see on dark panel, at lower right corner (two dabs on top board). [DeWaal C2306]. Compilation of Doyle writings related to Holmes but which are not part of the Canon, i.e. non-canonical, such as "The Lost Watches".

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Title

THE FINAL ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Completing the Canon. Collected by Peter HAINING

Publisher

Barnes & Noble ( 1995 ), New York

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

156619198X

ISBN 13

9781566191982

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

Later printing.

Condition

Good

Dust Jacket Condition

very good

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This book has been assembled after painstaking research in both Britain and America and is complete with background details about the items, their original publication, and what new facts they reveal about the great detective.

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Peter Haining was a prolific editor of anthologies and collections throughout all subgenres of fiction, and he also wrote his own short stories, recently a series about the Second World War. He collected and edited several books about Sherlock Holmes including The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook and The Television Sherlock Holmes to tie in with the iconic Jeremy Brett series of the eighties and nineties. He died in 2007.

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