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John Murray is a British publishing company founded by John Murray (1745-1793) in 1768. When Arthur Conan Doyle was published between 1909 and 1930, Sir John Murray IV (1851-1928) and Sir John Murray V (1884-1967) managed the firm.

In 1917, the firm acquired his competitor Smith, Elder & Co..

Conan Doyle published by John Murray

John Murray, Tales (1922)

Our African Winter (1929)

Prices follow the pattern (shilling/pence)

1909

• ---.04.1909 : By the North Sea (in The Press Album)

1917

• ---.---.1917 : The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Pocket edition 1/3)
• ---.---.1917 : The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Pocket edition 1/3)
• ---.---.1917 : The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (Pocket edition 1/3)
• ---.---.1917 : Arthur Conan Doyle Author's Edition (12 volumes)
• ---.10.1917 : The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• ---.10.1917 : The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• ---.10.1917 : The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 22.10.1917 : His Last Bow (6/-)

1918

• ---.01.1918 : Songs of Action (5/-)
• 04.12.1918 : Danger! and Other Stories (6/-)
• 04.12.1918 : Danger! and Other Stories (Murray's Imperial Library)

1919

• 16.12.1919 : The Guards Came Through and Other Poems (2/6)

1920

• 27.01.1920 : Songs of the Road (6/-)
• 17.09.1920 : Rodney Stone (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)

1921

• 21.04.1921 : The White Company (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)

1922

• 03.05.1922 : His Last Bow (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 13.06.1922 : The Adventures of Gerard (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 21.06.1922 : The Hound of the Baskervilles (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 28.06.1922 : Sir Nigel (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 28.06.1922 : The Sign of Four (Murray's Fiction Library)
• 12.07.1922 : Tales of the Ring and Camp (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 12.07.1922 : Tales of Pirates and Blue Water (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 12.07.1922 : Tales of Terror and Mystery (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 27.07.1922 : Tales of Twilight and the Unseen (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 27.07.1922 : Tales of Adventure and Medical Life (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 21.09.1922 : The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle (7/6)
• 02.11.1922 : Tales of Long Ago (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)

1923

• 20.03.1923 : The Firm of Girdlestone (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 18.05.1923 : Micah Clarke (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• ---.11.1923 : The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Modern English Series School edition) frontispiece by Philip Simmonds
• 02.11.1923 : Three of Them (3/6)

1924

• 24.03.1924 : The Stark Munro Letters (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 24.03.1924 : The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 28.10.1924 : The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #1)
• 28.10.1924 : The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #2)
• 28.10.1924 : The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #3)
• 28.10.1924 : The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #4)
• 28.10.1924 : The White Company (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #5)
• 28.10.1924 : The Valley of Fear (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #6)
• 07.11.1924 : Sir Nigel (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #7)
• 07.11.1924 : Rodney Stone (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #8)
• 07.11.1924 : His Last Bow (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #9)
• 07.11.1924 : Tales of Pirates and Blue Water (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #10)
• 07.11.1924 : Tales of Adventure and Medical Life (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #11)
• 07.11.1924 : Tales of the Ring and Camp (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #12)

1925

• 28.08.1925 : Micah Clarke (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #13)
• 28.08.1925 : The Hound of the Baskervilles (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #14)
• 28.08.1925 : Adventures of Gerard (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #15)
• 28.08.1925 : The Sign of Four (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #16)
• 25.09.1925 : The Tragedy of the Korosko (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #17)
• 25.09.1925 : The Refugees (Murray's Thin Paper Edition #18)

1926

• 10.03.1926 : The Valley of Fear (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)

1927

• 27.01.1927 : Songs of Action (6/-)
• 16.06.1927 : The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (7/6)
• 16.06.1927 : The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Murray's Imperial Library)

1928

• 28.06.1928 : The Sign of Four (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 14.09.1928 : The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 15.10.1928 : Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Short Stories (7/6)
• 15.10.1928 : Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Short Stories (Murray's Imperial Library)

1929

• ---.---.1929 : The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Cheap Brown edition 3/6)
• 03.05.1929 : Uncle Bernac (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 17.05.1929 : Danger! and Other Stories (Cheap or Brown edition 3/6)
• 12.06.1929 : The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)
• 26.06.1929 : The Conan Doyle Stories (7/6)
• 26.06.1929 : The Conan Doyle Stories (Murray's Imperial Library)
• 29.07.1929 : The Maracot Deep and Other Stories (7/6)
• 29.07.1929 : The Maracot Deep and Other Stories (Murray's Imperial Library)
• 09.09.1929 : Our African Winter (7/6)
• 09.09.1929 : Our African Winter (Murray's Imperial Library)
• 14.09.1929 : Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Long Stories (7/6)
• 14.09.1929 : Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Long Stories (Murray's Imperial Library)

1930

• ---.---.1930 : The Maracot Deep and Other Stories (Cheap edition 3/6)
• 24.06.1930 : The Edge of the Unknown (7/6)
• 24.06.1930 : The Edge of the Unknown (Murray's Imperial Library)
• 29.07.1930 : Memories and Adventures (7/6)
• 29.07.1930 : Memories and Adventures (Murray's Imperial Library)

1931

• ---.---.1931 : The Conan Doyle Historical Romances vol. 1 (7-9/6)
• ---.03.1931 : Danger! and Other Stories (Uniform or Brown edition 6/-)
• 11.03.1931 : The Maracot Deep and Other Stories (Murray's Fiction Library 2/-)

1932

• ---.---.1932 : The Conan Doyle Historical Romances vol. 2 (7-9/6)
• ---.06.1932 : Our African Winter (Cheap edition 2/6)

1934

• 11.11.1934 : Danger! and Other Stories (Uniform edition 3/6)

1952

• 12.08.1952 : The Professor Challenger Stories (16/-)

1956

• 05.11.1956 : The Complete Napoleonic Stories (18/-)

Prefaces/forewords by Conan Doyle

• 05.1923 : Old Offenders and a Few Old Scores, by E. W. Hornung
• 05.1924 : The Mystery of Joan of Arc, by Leon Denis

Covers

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  His Last Bow dustjacket (1917)
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  His Last Bow (1917)
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  His Last Bow title page (1917)
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  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle Author's Edition, 1917)
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  Danger! and Other Stories (1918)
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  Danger! and Other Stories Imperial Library (1918)
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  The Guards Came Through and Other Poems (1919)
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  The Guards Came Through and Other Poems title page (1919)
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  Songs of the Road (1920)
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  Rodney Stone (1920)
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  The White Company (1921)
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  Adventures of Gerard (1922)
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  The Hound of the Baskervilles (1922)
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  Tales of the Ring and Camp (1922)
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  Tales of Pirates and Blue Water (1922)
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  Tales of Terror and Mystery (1922)
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  Tales of Twilight and the Unseen (1922)
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  Tales of Adventure and Medical Life (1922)
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  Three of Them (1923)
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  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Modern English Series, 1923)
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  The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1924)
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  Sir Nigel (1924)
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  Rodney Stone (1924)
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  The Mystery of Joan of Arc (1924) preface by ACD
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  The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes dustjacket (1927)
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  The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927)
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  The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes title page (1927)
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  The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927)
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  The Sign of Four (1928)
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  Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Short Stories (1928)
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  The Conan Doyle Stories (1929)
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  The Maracot Deep and Other Stories (1929)
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  Uncle Bernac (1929)
• 
  Our African Winter (1929)
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  The Edge of the Unknown (1930)
• 
  Memories and Adventures (1930)
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  Micah Clarke (1931)
• 
  The Conan Doyle Historical Romances vol. 1 (1931)
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  The Conan Doyle Historical Romances vol. 2 (1932)
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  The Complete Professor Challenger Stories (1952)
• 
  The Complete Napoleonic Stories (1956)

Other books related to Conan Doyle

• ---.---.1914 : My Autobiography, by S. S. McClure
• ---.10.1931 : Arthur Conan Doyle. A Memoir, by Rev. John Lamond
• ---.---.1932 : Sherlock Holmes: Fact or Fiction?, by T. S. Blakeney
• ---.10.1945 : The True Conan Doyle, by Adrian Conan Doyle
• ---.02.1949 : The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, by John Dickson Carr
• ---.---.1954 : The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, by Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr
• ---.---.1959 : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centenary, 1859-1959, by P. Weil Nordon
• ---.---.1962 : The Sherlock Holmes Companion, by Michael & Mollie Hardwick
• ---.02.1964 : The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes, by Michael & Mollie Hardwick
• ---.---.1966 : Conan Doyle, by Pierre Nordon

• 
  Arthur Conan Doyle. A Memoir (1931)
• 
  Sherlock Holmes: Fact or Fiction? (1932)
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  The True Conan Doyle (1945)
• 
  The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1949)
• 
  The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954)
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  The Man of was Sherlock Holmes (1964)
• 
  Conan Doyle (1966)

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