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Edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower : Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes

MJF Books, New York, 2001

ISBN 1567318053

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AD5 - A first printing hardcover book SIGNED by Bill Crider and Anne Perry on their respective story page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and crease on the edges and light shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and crease, tanning and light shelf wear. Featuring original stories by Anne Perry, Loren D. Estleman, Gillian Linscott, Edward D. Hoch, Peter Tremayne, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Jon L. Breen, Bill Crider, Howard Engel, Carolyn Wheat, L. B. Greenwood. 8.5"x5.75", 277 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887's A Study in Scarlet, the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; additional tales appeared from then until 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories. All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian eras, between about 1880 and 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. John H. Watson, who usually accompanies Holmes during his investigations and often shares quarters with him at the address of 221B Baker Street, London, where many of the stories begin. Though not the first fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes is arguably the best known. By the 1990s there were already over 25,000 stage adaptations, films, television productions and publications featuring the detective, and Guinness World Records lists him as the most portrayed literary human character in film and television history. Holmes's popularity and fame are such that many have believed him to be not a fictional character but a real individual; numerous literary and fan societies have been founded on this pretense. Avid readers of the Holmes stories helped create the modern practice of fandom. The character and stories have had a profound and lasting effect on mystery writing and popular culture as a whole, with the original tales as well as thousands written by authors other than Conan Doyle being adapted into stage and radio plays, television, films, video games, and other media for over one hundred years.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Printing
Signed by Author

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