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[[File:Return-sh-1905-mcclure2.jpg|thumb|190px|right|1st american ed.<br />(1905, [[McClure, Philips & Co.]])]]
[[File:George-newnes-1905-the-return-of-sherlock-holmes.jpg|thumb|190px|right|1st english ed.<br />(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).


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== 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 & Son|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 & Son|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 & McClure Co.|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 & McClure Co.|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 ==

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File:Return-sh-1905-mcclure2.jpg|[[McClure, Phillips & Co.]] (1905)
File:mcclure-philips-1905-special-edition-the-return-of-sherlock-holmes.jpg|[[McClure, Phillips & Co.]] ''special edition'' (1905)
File:George-newnes-1905-the-return-of-sherlock-holmes.jpg|[[George Newnes Ltd.]] (1905)
File:Return-sh-1905-longmans-colonial.jpg|[[Longmans, Green & Co.]] (1905)
File:Return-sh-1905-tauchnitz-1.jpg|[[Bernhard Tauchnitz]] vol. 1 (1905)
File:Return-sh-1905-tauchnitz-2.jpg|[[Bernhard Tauchnitz]] vol. 2 1905)
File:Return-sh-1907-juven.jpg|Félix Juven (1907)
File:George-newnes-1913-the-return-of-sherlock-holmes.jpg|[[George Newnes Ltd.]] (1913)
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== Illustrations ==

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File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-frontispiece.jpg|Mr. Jonas Oldacre. ([[NORW]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p008.jpg|I knocked down several books which he was carrying. ([[EMPT]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p070.jpg|"Three days later a message was left under a pebble upon the sun-dial." ([[DANC]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p110.jpg|A solitary cyclist was coming towards us. ([[SOLI]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p148.jpg|An instant later, his feet were on my shoulders. ([[PRIO]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p164.jpg|"I got a shake when I put my head into that little house." ([[BLAC]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p206.jpg|He fell forward upon the table, coughing furiously and clawing among the papers. ([[CHAS]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p228.jpg|We saw that he carried something white under his arm. ([[SIXN]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p250.jpg|Three yellow squares of light shone above us in the gathering gloom. ([[3STU]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p276.jpg|It was a gaunt, aquiline face which was turned towards us. ([[GOLD]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p314.jpg|I caught a glimpse of Dr. Armstrong within. ([[MISS]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p330.jpg|"These three glasses upon the sideboard have been untouched, I suppose?" ([[ABBE]])
File:mcclure-philips-1905-02-the-return-of-sh-p372.jpg|He found Holmes leaning languidly against the mantelpiece. ([[SECO]])
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