The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1st american ed.
(1905, McClure, Philips & Co.)

1st english ed.
(1905, George Newnes Ltd.)

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a volume collecting 13 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in volume in february 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) and by Morang & Co. (Toronto).

Stories

• The Adventure of the Empty House
• The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
• The Adventure of the Dancing Men
• The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
• The Adventure of the Priory School
• The Adventure of Black Peter
• The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
• The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
• The Adventure of the Three Students
• The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
• The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
• The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
• The Adventure of the Second Stain

Editions

• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (february 1905, McClure, Phillips & Co. [US]) 13 illustrations by Charles R. Macauley
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (february 1905, George N. Morang & Co. [CA]) 13 ill. by Charles R. Macauley
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (7 march 1905, George Newnes Ltd. [UK]) ill. by Sidney Paget
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (7 march 1905, Longmans, Green & Co. Colonial Library [UK]) ill. by Sidney Paget
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (march 1905, Bernhard Tauchnitz No. 3796-3797 [DE]) 2 volumes
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1907, Smith, Elder & Co. [UK]) ill. by Sidney Paget
• Sherlock Holmes (1907, Félix Juven [FR])
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1907, A. Wessels Co. [US])
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1907, Grosset & Dunlap [US])
• in Latest Books of Conan Doyle (1908-1910, P. F. Collier [US])
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (march 1913, George Newnes Ltd. Sixpenny Copyrigh Novels No. 263 [UK])
• in The Works of A. Conan Doyle vol. 8 (1914, P. F. Collier [US])
• De Terugkeer van Sherlock Holmes (ca. 1916, N. J. Boon [NL]) 4 1st stories, 27 ill. by Sidney Paget
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (september 1918, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. [UK])
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1920s, W. R. Caldwell & Co. International Adventure Library [UK]) 2 ill.
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1923, Doubleday, Doran & Co. Lambskin Library No. 30 [UK])
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (24 march 1924, John Murray Fiction Library [UK])
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (28 october 1924, John Murray Thin Paper edition No. 3 [UK])
• in Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Short Stories (15 october 1928, John Murray [UK])
• in Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Short Stories (15 october 1928, Musson Book Co. [CA])
• in The Crowborough Edition of the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle vol. 19 (1930, Doubleday, Doran & Co. [US])
• in The Complete Sherlock Holmes (1936, P. F. Collier Authorized edition [US])
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1937, Sundial Press Inc. Hampton Court edition [US])

Covers

• 
  McClure, Phillips & Co. (1905)
• 
  McClure, Phillips & Co. special edition (1905)
• 
  George Newnes Ltd. (1905)
• 
  Longmans, Green & Co. (1905)
• 
  Bernhard Tauchnitz vol. 1 (1905)
• 
  Bernhard Tauchnitz vol. 2 1905)
• 
  Félix Juven (1907)
• 
  George Newnes Ltd. (1913)

Illustrations

• 
  Mr. Jonas Oldacre. (NORW)
• 
  I knocked down several books which he was carrying. (EMPT)
• 
  "Three days later a message was left under a pebble upon the sun-dial." (DANC)
• 
  A solitary cyclist was coming towards us. (SOLI)
• 
  An instant later, his feet were on my shoulders. (PRIO)
• 
  "I got a shake when I put my head into that little house." (BLAC)
• 
  He fell forward upon the table, coughing furiously and clawing among the papers. (CHAS)
• 
  We saw that he carried something white under his arm. (SIXN)
• 
  Three yellow squares of light shone above us in the gathering gloom. (3STU)
• 
  It was a gaunt, aquiline face which was turned towards us. (GOLD)
• 
  I caught a glimpse of Dr. Armstrong within. (MISS)
• 
  "These three glasses upon the sideboard have been untouched, I suppose?" (ABBE)
• 
  He found Holmes leaning languidly against the mantelpiece. (SECO)

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