{"product_id":"2026100010858-secondhand-the-annotated-sherlock-holmes-the-four-novels-and-the-fifty-six-short-stories-complete","title":"The Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Four Novels And The Fifty-Six Short Stories Complete","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: slipcase: worn with some damage along the edges and corners. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew characters in literary history have captured the imagination of readers across generations quite like the brilliant, pipe-smoking detective of 221B Baker Street — and The Annotated Sherlock Holmes presents the complete canon in a form worthy of the legend. Edited and annotated by William S. Baring-Gould, this landmark two-volume edition gathers all four novels and fifty-six short stories penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, enriching each tale with exhaustive scholarly commentary, maps, diagrams, coats-of-arms, photographs, and illustrations by the original Victorian masters, including Sidney Paget and Howard K. Elcock. The result is an immersive reading experience that situates Holmes, Watson, Moriarty, and the fog-drenched streets of London within their full historical and cultural context.\n\nBaring-Gould, himself a celebrated Sherlockian scholar, brings the affectionate rigour of a true devotee to this definitive edition, treating the Holmes canon with the same seriousness a classicist might afford Homer or Virgil. His annotations illuminate obscure Victorian references, resolve long-debated chronological inconsistencies, and illuminate the biographical parallels between Doyle and his immortal creation. For the devoted Holmesian and the curious newcomer alike, this edition is not merely a collection of detective stories — it is an invitation to lose oneself entirely in the most richly detailed fictional world ever constructed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50609641357531,"sku":"2026100010858-SECONDHAND","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f7411d57-6154-4f8c-8408-328d23b0cf99.png?v=1791764343","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010858-secondhand-the-annotated-sherlock-holmes-the-four-novels-and-the-fifty-six-short-stories-complete","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}