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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Cargo_Reviews_Articles |Date=1999-06-01 |Book=Collecting Sherlockiana |BookAuthor=Catherine Cooke |Reviewer=Christopher Roden |Topics=Collection }} This review of the book &#039;&#039;&quot;Collecting Sherlockiana&quot;, by Catherine Cooke&#039;&#039; was written by <a href="/index.php?title=Christopher_Roden&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Christopher Roden (page does not exist)">Christopher Roden</a> and published in the <a href="/wiki/A.C.D._-_The_Journal_of_The_Arthur_Conan_Doyle_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C.D. - The Journal of The Arthur Conan Doyle Society">A.C.D. - The Journal of The Arthur Conan Doyle Society</a> (Vol. 9, june 1999). == Review == File:Acd-society-journal-1999-vol9-p165-review-croden2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[A.C.D. - The...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Cargo_Reviews_Articles<br /> |Date=1999-06-01<br /> |Book=Collecting Sherlockiana<br /> |BookAuthor=Catherine Cooke<br /> |Reviewer=Christopher Roden<br /> |Topics=Collection<br /> }}<br /> This review of the book &#039;&#039;&quot;Collecting Sherlockiana&quot;, by Catherine Cooke&#039;&#039; was written by [[Christopher Roden]] and published in the [[A.C.D. - The Journal of The Arthur Conan Doyle Society]] (Vol. 9, june 1999).<br /> <br /> <br /> == Review ==<br /> [[File:Acd-society-journal-1999-vol9-p165-review-croden2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[A.C.D. - The Journal of The Arthur Conan Doyle Society]] (Vol. 9, june 1999, p. 165)]]<br /> [[File:Acd-society-journal-1999-vol9-p166-review-croden.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[A.C.D. - The Journal of The Arthur Conan Doyle Society]] (Vol. 9, june 1999, p. 166)]]<br /> <br /> : [[File:rupert-books-1998-collecting-sherlockiana.jpg|100px]]<br /> : &#039;&#039;&#039;Collecting Sherlockiana:&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> : &#039;&#039;&#039;John Bennett Shaw&#039;s Basic Holmesian Library&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> : Edited and with Annotations by Catherine Cooke<br /> : Monograph #10. Cambridge: Rupert Books, 1998; 60pp. <br /> : ISBN: 1-902791-00-2; £10 (Limited to 400 copies).<br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Reviewed by Christopher Roden&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> John Bennett Shaw was, in the politest possible meaning of the phrase, &#039;a manic collector&#039;. Be it a first edition, a comic, cuddly toy, or fridge magnet, if it had something to do with [[Sherlock Holmes]] it would almost certainly find its way into John&#039;s collection. With such a wealth of material on which to draw, and with very many years&#039; experience of Sherlockian material, John was ideally fitted to compile a list of a basic Holmesian library, and he first appears to have done so in 1982. The essay &#039;Collecting Sherlockiana&#039; appeared some years later in 1991. More recently, a revised &#039;&#039;A Basic Holmesian Library&#039;&#039;, prepared by E. W. McDiarmid and Peter E. Blau, was published by the Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota in October 1995, for the conference, &#039;&#039;Sherlock Holmes and John Bennett Shaw: The Detective and the Collector&#039;&#039;, October 13-15, 1995, and was distributed to conference attendees and to members of the Norwegian Explorers (a limited printing of 500 copies). <br /> <br /> [[Catherine Cooke]] begins her Introduction &#039;with some trepidation&#039;, feeling, I suspect, somewhat overshadowed by the giant who was Shaw. She need have no fears, being eminently suited to, and qualified for, her task. To the basic list, Catherine adds a series of annotations which will be useful to both tyro and experienced collector. The strength of the new edition, however, is that it updates Shaw&#039;s basic list to take account of what Catherine terms Additional Cornerstone Works&#039;. It&#039;s pleasing, naturally, to note that [[Arthur Conan Doyle|ACD]] is included here. Pleasing, too, that Martin Booth&#039;s biography of [[Arthur Conan Doyle|ACD]], &#039;&#039;The Doctor, the Detective and Arthur Conan Doyle&#039;&#039; (1997) is given prominence [Michael Coren&#039;s poor effort is noticeably, and justifiably, absent from the list]. To any revision of the booklet, Catherine would, I suspect, also add Daniel Stashower&#039;s &#039;&#039;Teller of Tales&#039;&#039;. <br /> <br /> A centre section illustrates sixteen dustwrappers from books discussed — what a pity there was not space for an illustration of each title and rounds off a reprint which is worthy of its place in every collection. <br /> <br /> Christopher Roden<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{footer_acd_society_article}}<br /> {{footer_periodicals}}<br /> {{footer_review_articles}}</div>

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