The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (George Newnes Ltd., 1892)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a volume collecting the 12 first Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle published in 1892 by George Newnes Ltd. in The Strand Magazine.

Stories

• A Scandal in Bohemia
• The Red-Headed League
• A Case of Identity
• The Boscombe Valley Mystery
• The Five Orange Pips
• The Man with the Twisted Lip
• The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
• The Adventure of the Speckled Band
• The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
• The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
• The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
• The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

Editions

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (14 october 1892, George Newnes Ltd. [UK]) 104 illustrations by Sidney Paget
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (15 october 1892, Harper & Brothers Publishers [US]) 16 ill. by Sidney Paget
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (october 1892, Smith, Elder & Co. 6s. [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (november 1893, Bernhard Tauchnitz No. 2896-2897 [DE])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (3 april 1894, Longmans, Green & Co. Colonial Library [UK/US]) 26 ill. by Sidney Paget
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (may 1895, George Newnes Ltd. Cabinet edition [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (may 1895, Smith, Elder & Co. 2nd ed. 3/6 [UK])
• Abenteuer des Doktor Holmes (1895, Robert Lutz [DE]) 9 stories
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (december 1898, George Newnes Ltd.'s Sixpenny Copyright Novels [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (december 1898, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 1st imp. [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1898-1905, Hurst & Co. Hawthorne Library [US])
• Abenteuer des Doktor Holmes (1898, Robert Lutz Sammlung ausgewählter Kriminal- und Detektiv-Romane No. 12 [DE]) 9 stories
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (march 1899, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 2nd imp. [UK])
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1900, Harper & Brothers Publishers Special edition [US])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (april 1901, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 3rd imp. [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (9 september 1901, George Newnes Ltd. Souvenir edition [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (january 1902, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 4th imp. [UK])
• Aventures de Sherlock Holmes (1902, Félix Juven [FR])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (october 1902, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 5th imp. [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (ca. 1903, George Newnes Ltd.'s Sixpenny Novels Illustrated [UK])
• Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and Sign of Four (1903-1920, James Askew & Son [UK])
• Original Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1903, R. F. Fenno & Co. Special Limited edition [US])
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1903, D. Appleton & Co. Arthur Conan Doyle Author's Edition [US]) frontispiece by Arthur Twidle
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1903, Smith, Elder & Co. Arthur Conan Doyle Author's Edition [UK]) 2 ill. by Arthur Twidle
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (september 1903, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 6th imp. [UK])
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1903-1905, Grosset & Dunlap [US])
• Abenteuer des Doktor Holmes (1903, Robert Lutz Lutz' Kriminal- und Detektiv-Romane No. 12 [DE]) 9 stories
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (august 1904, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 7th imp. [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (may 1905, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 8th imp. [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (july 1906, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 9th imp. [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (july 1907, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 10th imp. [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1907, Phelps Publishing Co. [US])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (november 1907, Smith, Elder & Co. 3rd ed. Uniform edition 3/6 [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (july 1908, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 11th imp. [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (december 1908, Smith, Elder & Co. 4th ed. Uniform edition 3/6 [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (december 1909, Smith, Elder & Co. 5th ed. Uniform edition 3/6 [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (november 1910, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 12th imp. [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (june 1911, Smith, Elder & Co. 6th ed. Uniform edition 3/6 [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (january 1912, Smith, Elder & Co. 6d. edition 13th imp. [UK])
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1912, A. L. Burt Popular Copyright Books [US]) 4 ill.
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (9 may 1912, Smith, Elder & Co. Shilling Net series [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (13 january 1914, Thomas Nelson & Sons [UK])
• De Avonturen van Sherlock Holmes (ca. 1916, N. J. Boon [NL]) 5 stories only, 27 ill. by Sidney Paget
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1917, John Murray Arthur Conan Doyle Author's Edition [UK]) 2 ill. by Arthur Twidle
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (october 1917, John Murray's Fiction Library [UK])
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (ca. 1920, Haldeman-Julius Pub. #1029 [US])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (28 october 1924, John Murray Thin Paper edition [UK])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (november 1923, John Murray Modern English series [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. 17 (1930, Doubleday, Doran & Co. [US])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1930, Harper & Brothers Publishers Modern Classics [US])
• (The) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1932, A. L. Burt [US])
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1936, P. F. Collier The Complete Sherlock Holmes [US])

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (undated, Economy Book League [US])

Covers

• George Newnes Ltd. (14 october 1892)
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  Frontispiece

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  Dedicace to Joseph Bell.

• Harper & Brothers Publishers (15 october 1892)
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Further reprints of this standard Harper edition are undated.

• Bernhard Tauchnitz #2896-2897 (november 1893)
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• George Newnes Ltd.'s Sixpenny Copyright Novels (december 1898)
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• George Newnes Ltd. Sixpenny edition (no date)
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• Harper & Brothers Publishers Special edition (1900)
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• George Newnes Ltd. Souvenir edition (9 september 1901)
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• George Newnes Ltd. Sixpenny Novels Illustrated (ca. 1903)
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• James Askew & Son (1903-1920)
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• Grosset & Dunlap (1903-1905)
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• Smith, Elder & Co. (1892-1912)
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  Cover
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  Frontispiece
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  List of previous editions
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• A. L. Burt (1912, from Harper 1892)
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• Thomas Nelson & Sons (1914)
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• John Murray's Arthur Conan Doyle Author's Edition (1917)
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• John Murray Modern English Series (1923)
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• A. L. Burt Popular Copyright Fiction (1932)
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Illustrations

• Illustrations by Arthur Twidle in Smith, Elder & Co. and D. Appleton & Co. (1903)
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  The Death of Sherlock Holmes.

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  The chaplain stood with a smoking pistol in his hand.

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