The_Private_Life_of_Sherlock_Holmes_(book)

<i>The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</i> (book)

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (book)

1933 book by Vincent Starrett


The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a book by Vincent Starrett originally published in 1933.[1] It is considered the first book on Sherlock Holmes scholarship,[1][2] as well as a cornerstone of the study of Sherlockiana.[1][3][4] It has been credited with jumpstarting the creation of Sherlockian Societies.[5] It has been used as an inspiration and a reference for "biographies" of Sherlock Holmes such as Nick Rennison's 2005 Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography.[6]

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The book was dedicated to William Gillette, Frederic Dorr Steele, and Gray Chandler Briggs.[7]

The book was revised and expanded in 1960 and republished by The University of Chicago Press[8] and again in 1993 by Otto Penzler Books.[9] A paperback edition of the University of Chicago edition, with a new introduction and epilogue, was published by Pinnacle Books in 1975.[10]


References

  1. Redmond, Christopher (2009). Sherlock Holmes Handbook: Second Edition. Dundurn Press. p. 260. ISBN 9781459718982.
  2. Skene-Melvin, David (2013). Bloody York. Dundurn. p. 207. ISBN 9781459727397.
  3. Byrne, Bob (August 29, 2016). "The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes: Vincent Starrett on the Great Detective". Black Gate. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  4. Doyle, Steven; Crowder, David A. (2010). Sherlock Holmes For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 243. ISBN 9780470647370.
  5. Boström, Mattias (2018). From Holmes to Sherlock. Mysterious Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-8021-2789-1.
  6. DeWaal, Ronald Burt (1974). The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes. Bramhall House. p. 177. ISBN 0-517-217597.
  7. Starrett, Vincent (1993). The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Otto Penzler Books. ISBN 1-883402-05-0.
  8. Pinnacle Books, New York, 1975

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