In just a few days, Guy Ritchie's latest, Sherlock Holmes, will be opening in a theater near you. We haven't a clue whether the latest cinematic incarnation of the Victorian super sleuth, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, will be a stunning success or a devastating disappointment. However, we can tell you about the Sherlock Holmes Collection at SFPL's Book Arts & Special Collections department on the sixth floor of the Main Library.
Anthony Boucher's Sherlockiana Collection came to the library through a donation by the Scowrers and the Molly Maguires, a local Sherlockian group. First editions, foreign translations, criticism, periodical and biographical material relating to Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes are included among these 250 volumes.
Here are just a few items from the collection that you can view here on the 6th Floor:
While most of this collection may be found in the online catalog (do a "call no." search for HOLMES), some materials remain to be cataloged. Patrons should also use the department's card catalog. Ask a librarian for more information.
Want to take some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective adventures home with you? It's elementary, my dear patron! Just check out the Mystery section on the first floor of the Main Library or at your nearest SFPL branch.
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| Image from "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Adventure I - A Scandal in Bohemia" by A. Conan Doyle. Strand Magazine, Vol. 2, July-Dec. 1891. |
Anthony Boucher's Sherlockiana Collection came to the library through a donation by the Scowrers and the Molly Maguires, a local Sherlockian group. First editions, foreign translations, criticism, periodical and biographical material relating to Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes are included among these 250 volumes.
Here are just a few items from the collection that you can view here on the 6th Floor:
- Baker Street: a musical adventure of Sherlock Holmes / book by Jerome Coopersmith ; music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel ; adapted from the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
- The Sherlock Holmes Cartoon Book / by Marc Bilgrey.
- The Adventures of Picklock Holes : together with a perversion and a burlesque / by R.C. Lehmann ; with illustrations by E.T. Reed and E.J. Wheeler.
- The Baker Street Journal - An irregular quarterly of Sherlockiana produced by the Baker Street Irregulars.
- The Sherlock Holmes Journal - from the Sherlock Holmes Society of London.
- The Strand Magazine - stories of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson first appear in the July 1891 issue.
While most of this collection may be found in the online catalog (do a "call no." search for HOLMES), some materials remain to be cataloged. Patrons should also use the department's card catalog. Ask a librarian for more information.
Want to take some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective adventures home with you? It's elementary, my dear patron! Just check out the Mystery section on the first floor of the Main Library or at your nearest SFPL branch.
Image: First page of "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Adventure IV - The Boscombe Valley Mystery" by A. Conan Doyle. Strand Magazine, Vol. 2, July-Dec. 1891.
Boucher was one of the founders of the Scowrers among other things. He was also the author of The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars, a mystery novel that was part homage to Doyle and Holmes. A great read and recommended.
ReplyDeleteThe Case of the Baker Street Irregulars is not only a part of the HOLMES collection, but can also be checked out from the Main Library:
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Sounds great! I'm adding it to my Winter Break reading list!