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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes - Vols. 1 & 2 The Short Stories | 
 enlarge | Authors: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Leslie S. Klinger
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Category: Book
List Price: £40.00
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 134242
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 1878
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.4
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 9.2 x 4.2
ISBN: 0393059162
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780393059168
ASIN: 0393059162
Publication Date: November 8, 2004
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 Beautiful books, irrelevant notes June 2, 2008
Dre Daemon
This books are for the unconditional fan and the collectionist only. Nobody else in their right mind would spend all that money on a really impractical set of books. The tomes are indeed beautifully printed and bound, that's their best asset, but their sheer size and weight (you could easily commit murder throwing any of this books to somebody's head! I wonder how long would take Holmes to identify the murder weapon..?)make them really unconfortable and impractical to read, unless you're properly sat behing a (strong) study desk. In my opinion, and eventhough I absolutely adore Holmes and co., I find the whole luxury binding a bit preposterous. I even find the stories loose a bit of charm when read from this high quality glossy velum paper. I much prefer my cheap paperbacks, in which I can lose myself into when traveling on the bus or snuggled up in bed, without worrying about whether I leave my fingerprints in the inmaculate cover.
I found the footnotes a bit disappointing. In truth many of them are interesting and give you more of an insight into Victorian times and into the stories themselves. However most of the time they are quite trivial and irrelevant and, what's worse, uninteresting(Of course I have the drawback of being a person who just HAS to read EVERYTHING and cannot ignore a single footnote).
What I found more striking is how Leslie S. Klinger's seems to go out of his way to point out every discrepancy or innacuracy or mistake commited by the author(he even seems to enjoy it!), to the point where one wonders whether he actually "likes" the stories. I don't think Conan Doyle ever meant for his stories to be taken this seriously. Oh, but of course! the stories where "not" writen by Doyle! No, it was Dr Watson.. (sigh!)
An important note; If you haven't read all of Sherlock Holmes stories then ignore the footnotes because they give the story away in most instances. I had read all the stories before I bought this set and I still found this quite annoying.
 Beautifully presented collector's edition November 12, 2007
Rachel
These are a wonderful collector's edition and look great on the shelf. Full of extra information about the stories, they provide the collector with lots of interesting facts. They're big, so not an easy size for reading. But if you're like me and want to read them from time to time (rather than sit in bed and read lots in one go) then that's really not a problem.
Luxury May 6, 2007
The Baker Street Irregular (Staines)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Yes, these are expensive (as is the companion volume containing the four novels); but sometimes, one needs to indulge oneself a bit. And any Sherlockian wishing to indulge his or her self can do no better than these wonderful volumes.
Of course, they are too heavy to be read on the bus, say. These volumes are for the end of the day, when you're curled up in your favourite armchair, with a glass of your favourite tipple close at hand. And you can then transport yourself to 221B Baker Street, and enter once again that magical world, with its quite indefinable charm.
The paper, printing and binding of these volumes are of the highest possible standard. They are very well illustrated - containing as they do all the original illustrations of Sidney Paget et al, the various illustrations that appeared in the American editions, and also many contemporary photographs of people and places mentioned in these stories. Best of all, perhaps, are the detailed annotations: I haven't counted them all, but I wouldn't be surprised if they run into the thousands. These annotations discuss in considerable detail the factual background of the various references made in these stories, and also the innumerable theories and hypotheses (quite frequently so outrageous as to be downright barmy) that have cropped up over the years from various Holmesians. Throughout, the conceit is maintained that Holmes & Watson were real people. All in all, there's enough here to keep any Holmes anorak happy for an entire lifetime.
Wonderful publication August 3, 2005
A Genealogist (Warwickshire, UK)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
These are all of the Sherlock Holmes short stories in two beautiful volumes. Superb. A must for Holmes devotees. Be warned these are BIG heavy books, but are absolutely the best version that has been published - at any time.
Waiting May 30, 2005
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
Waiting for parts 3 and 4 later this year,.........When it arrived it should have come with divorce papers! Got the usual, "Where are you going to put that?" conversation from my better half when it arrived. I haven't the heart to tell her that there are two other, equally humongous and thrillingly researched volumes! Just like have a new Talmud! :)
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