5.A Imitations, Parodies, Pastiches, Plays etc in Book Form by Authors other than Doyle
5A.21 NO ITEM WITH THIS CALL NUMBER 5A.22 NO ITEM WITH THIS CALL NUMBER
5A.23 Walt Disney Studio. Donald Duck / Private Eye. Pictures by the Walt Disney Studio. Adapted by Al White and Homer Jonas / Story by Carl Buettner. New York: Golden Press (Little Golden Books), copyright 1961. D94. Unpaged, 20 x 17 cm. Pictorial cardboard covers.
5A.24 Doyle and Carr. The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr. New York: Random House, 1954. 338 p, xiii p, 21 cm. Pictorial dust jacket. I-XII. This copy was review copy for Vincent Starrett, Chicago Tribune. Fly-leaf 3/5/54. Correspondence and clippings March-May ’54 includes ALS from W.S.
5A.24.5 Doyle, Adrian Conan and John Dickson Carr. The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr. Albemarle Street, London, John Murray, 1954. 313 p. 19 cm. First Edition. [Received 7/6/84]
5A.25 Doyle and Carr. The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr. New York: Ace Books, by arrangement with Random House, n.d. (1954?) Paper back. Pictorial cover reads The New Exploits… 320 pp, 17 cm. (I-XII) in red box.
5A.26 Doyle and Carr. More Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr. 1-6. London: John Murray, 1964. pp ix, 147. Paperback. Includes 6 stories published as Exploits of Sherlock Holmes in 1954 by Random House (but not Adventures 7-12). In red box.
5A.27 Fish, Robert L. The incredible Schlock Homes. With an introduction by Anthony Boucher. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. All these stories first appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, 1959-1963. 217 p., 20 cm. Pictorial end papers and dust jacket. “12 stories from Bagel Street.”
5A.27.1 Fish, Robert L. The Memoires of Schlock Homes: (A Bagel Street Dozen). Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. [c.1974]. 154 p. 21.5 cm. First printing. Dust wrapper present. [Catalogued 2/18/82]
5A.27.1.1 Farmer, Philip José, ed. (John H. Watson, M.D.) The Adventures of the Peerless Peer. New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1976. Paperback.
5A.28 George, Charles. Sherlock Holmes / a play in a prologue and three acts. Founded on “A Study in Scarlet” by A. Conan Doyle. Baker’s Plays, Boston, Mass. Paperback, 128 p. 19 cm. In blue box.
5A.29 Gillette, William. The painful predicament of Sherlock Holmes. A fantasy in one act. Chicago: Argus Books, Inc. 1954. Introduction by Vincent Starrett, 11 Aug. 1951. First Edition. 26 pp. and paper pamphlet cover. 19 cm. Autographed on front page by Vincent Starrett, and inscribed on back fly-leaf by him: “Unique copy of the rejected first edition, V.S. 7 Jan. 1955” In blue box. Also in Master Neg. File.
5A.30 Gillette, William. The Painful predicament of Sherlock Holmes. A fantasy in one act. Chicago: Ben Abramson, 1955. Introduction by Vincent Starrett, 11 Aug. 1951. 26 pp. 19 cm. Enclosure: postal card, Dec. 18, 1945, from Vincent Starrett, inquiring of Bodley Bookshop about a playbill for Gillette’s play.
5A.31 Gillette, William. Sherlock Holmes, a play, wherein is set forth the strange case of Miss Alice Faulkner. Based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s incomparable stories.
Introduction by V. Starrett. Preface by Wm. Gillette. Notes and drawings by F.D. Steele. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935 (first edition). 191, xxx p. Pictorial dust jacket.
5A.31.1 Gillette, William. A legal wreck. New York: Street & Smith. No. 182 (Eagle Series). 288 p., plus ads. Paperback. 10 cents. n.d. copyrights 1889, 1900.
5A.31.2 “F., H.” The old age of Holmes, an unauthorized extract from the diary of Dr. Watson. Introduction by Paul D. Herbert, 1974. First published in The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, 12/2/1894. 28 cm. [Received 11/16/82. Catalogued 1/18/83] 5A.32 Hardwick, Michael & Mollie. Four Sherlock Holmes Plays. One-act plays from stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. London: John Murray, n.d. (copyright 1964). 129, x p., 20 cm. soft binding. (“The Speckled Band,” “Charles Augustus Milverton”, “The Mazarin Stone”, “The Blue Carbuncle.”) In blue box.
5A.33 Hardwick, Michael & Mollie. Four Sherlock Holmes Plays. One-act plays by Michael & Mollie Hardwick from stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. London: John Murray, 1964. Paperback. 129 p. 20 cm.
5A.33.1 Hardwick, Michael. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. By Michael and Mollie Hardwick. From the screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond. New York: Bantam Books, 1970. 154 p. 24 cm. [Received 11/22/82. Catalogued 1/18/83]
5A.34 Heard, Gerald. Reply Paid. A Mystery by Gerald Heard. London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company Ltd. Hardbound with dust jacket. 199 p. 19½ cm.
5A.35 Heard, H.F. Reply Paid / H.F. Heard. New York: Lancer Books. c1942. Paperback. 158 p. 18 cm. In red box.
5A.36 Heard, H.F. A taste for honey by H.F. Heard. New York: The Vanguard Press, c1941. Hardbound. 234 p. 20 cm.
5A.37 Heard, H.F. A taste for murder. Originally titled “A taste for honey.” H.F. Heard. Complete and unabridged c1941. New York: Avon Publications, Inc. Paperback. 127 p. 16 cm.
5A.38 Heard, H.F. A taste for honey / H.F. Heard. New York: Lancer books, 1964. Paperback. 142 p. 18 cm. In red box.
5A.39 Heard, H.F. A taste for honey by H.F. Heard. A Mercury Mystery #70. New York: The American Mercury, c1941. Paperback. 125 p. 19½ cm. In red box.
5A.40 Heard, Gerald. A taste for honey by Gerald Heard. London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1942. Hardbound. 153 p. 19 cm.
5A.41 Heard, H.F. The notched hairpin, a Mycroft mystery. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1949. 226 pp., 19 cm. Dust jacket.
5A.41.1 Heldenbrand, Page. Heldenbrand’s Christmas Perennial. Appledore Towers Letter Press, New York, 1954. 14 pages, 22 cm x 14 cm. Printed pictorial cover, illustration by Hugh Connolly. An edition of 100 copies for the Irregulary, Christmas, 1954. Autographed presentation copy to Jim. In last red box.
5A.41.2 Hodel, Michael P. Enter the Lion: a posthumous memoir of Mycroft Holmes. By Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. [1980]. 237 p. 23.7 cm. Dust wrapper present. [Catalogued 2/18/82]
5A.42 Hume, Fergus W. The mystery of a Hansom Cab. New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, n.d. 238 p. plus book-ads. 18 cm. Eureka Detective Series #16. Enclosure: typed letter signed by Fergus Hume, Jan. 25, 1916, Church Cottage
Thundersley, Rayleigh, Essex, England, replying about moving picture rights to Hagar of the Pawnshop.
5A.43 Iraldi, James C. The problem of the purple maculas / a Sherlock Holmes
adventure. Illustrated by Henry Lauritzen. Culver City, California: Luther Norris, April 1968. First Edition. Pamphlet, 42 pp., 21 cm x 14 cm. Illustrated paper covers (purple) 5A.44 Kahn, William B. An adventure of Oilock Combs / The succored beauty. From Shirley & Dean Dickensheet, The Beaune Press, San Francisco, Dec. 1964. 8
unnumbered pages and a green paper cover, 22 cm x 15 cm. This is copy #35 of 222 copies printed. (Vintage #1 of Beaune Pressings) (originally published in the Oct. 1905 issue of Smart Set Magazine) In last red box.
5A.45 Kotzwinkle, William. Trouble in Bugland, a collection of Inspector Mantis Mysterious [by] William Kotzwinkle, profusely illustrated by Joe Servello. Boston, David R. Godine, Publisher, 1983. 152 p. illus. 21 cm. First edition. Dust jacket. [Catalogued 7/6/84]
5A.46 la Cour, Tage. The Murder of Santa Claus. Illustrated by Lard Bo. Translated by Poul Ib Liebe. Christmas 1954. Dedicated to Agatha Christie. Pamphlet, 20 pp. 19 cm x 12 cm. Paper cover. (Originally published in Danish, 1952). Inscribed by author to Vincent Starrett. In second red box.
5A.47 LeBlanc, Maurice. The extraordinary adventures of Arsene Lupin, gentleman burglar by Maurice LeBlanc. Preface by Jules Claretie, of the French Academy.
Translated by Olive Harper. New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company., c1910. 256 p. 19 cm.
5A.48 LeBlanc, Maurice. (The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin) Arsene Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes. Translated from the French by George Morehead. Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1910. 350 p, 19 cm. Hardcover.
5A.49 LeBlanc, Maurice. (The Extraordinary Adventures of) Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar. Preface by Jules Claretie, of the French Academy. Translated by Olive Harper. New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publ., 1910(c) Paperback. 256 p, 20 cm. (Railroad Series, No. 58) In box
5A.50 LeBlanc, Maurice. (Adventures Extraordinaires D’Arsene Lupin) Arsene Lupin contre Herlock Sholmes. Paris: Pierre Lafitte & Cie. 1910. 323 p, 19 cm, paperback. In blue box.
5A.51 LeBlanc, Maurice. Arsene Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes. Translated from the French by Olive Harper. New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publ. Co. 282 p. and book ads, 18 cm. Pictorial paperback, 1910. (Railroad Series No. 59) In blue box.
5A.52 LeBlanc, Maurice. Arsene Lupin contre Herlock Sholmes. Paris: Le Livre de Poche, 17 cm, pictorial paperback, 247 pp, and ads. 1963. In blue box
5A.53 LeBlanc, Maurice. The Case of the Golden Blonde (Sherlock Holmes versus Arsene Lupin). Adapted into English by J.B. New York: Atomic Books, Inc. Copyright 1946. Paperback, 128 p, 19 cm. In blue box
5A.53.1 Lehman, R.C. The Adventures of Picklock Holes. Together with a perversion and a burlesque. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., Ltd., 1901. First Edition. One of the earliest Sherlock Holmes parodies. Name clipped from title, but a very uncommon book in any condition.
5A.54 Meyer, Nicholas, editor. The Seven Percent Solution. Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1974. 253 p. 21 cm. 5A.55 Mitchell, Gladys. Watson’s Choice, A detective story. London: Michael Joseph, 1955. Hardbound with a dust jacket. 239 p. 19 cm.
5A.56 Mitchell, Gladys. Watson’s Choice. Penguin books in association with Michael Joseph, 1957. Paperback #1194. 190 p. 18 cm.
5A.56.09 The new adventures of Sherlock Holmes: original stories by eminent mystery writers / edited by Martin Harry Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh. London: Arlington Books, 1988. 345 p. 24 cm. Dust jacket. [Received 2/23/93. Catalogued 2/25/93]
5A.56.1 Pearson, Edmund Lester. Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery (from The Secret Book, 1914). By Edmund Lester Pearson. Introduction and Afterword by Tom Schantz. Illustrations by Enid Schantz. Freeville, New York: The Aspen Press, 1973. ix, 39 p. 24 cm. [Received 11/12/82. Catalogued 1/18/82]
5A.57 Peterson, Robert C. (editor?) The Science-Fictional Sherlock Holmes. Introduction by Anthony Boucher. (8 stories previously printed in various science fiction magazines
1952-59.) Published by the Council of Four, Denver, Colorado, and copyrighted by Robert C. Peterson, 1960. 138 pp. 21 cm. Hardcover. Illustrated paper dust jacket.
5A.58 Queen, Ellery (Fred Dannay), ed. The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. First Edition, published March 1944. 365 p, xxii, 20 cm. dust jacket. (This volume was withdrawn on the insistence of the Doyle estate and will not be re-issued.) Presentation copy from “Ellery Queen” to Vincent Starrett.