Stories of Sherlock Holmes

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Stories of Sherlock Holmes (1904)
Stories of Sherlock Holmes (1904)
Frontispiece: signed photo of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Stories of Sherlock Holmes is a volume collecting the first two Sherlock Holmes novels (A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four) written by Arthur Conan Doyle published in 1904 by Harper & Brothers Publishers.

The volume was introduced by James MacArthur with the article The Creator of Sherlock Holmes.



Stories of Sherlock Holmes

1 photo + 7 illustrations


Illustrations

Harper & Brothers didn't create new illustrations for this volume but added illustrations from other books, from previous Sherlock Holmes stories (but not related to the two novels), or even from other novels of different authors. See below:


Illustration Page Source
p. 18 Not a sherlockian illustration. The illustration was drawn by C. Coulston. Original source to be found.
p. 46 Sidney Paget illustration used for The Red-Headed League in 1891.
p. 52 William H. Hyde illustration used for The Musgrave Ritual in 1893.
p. 160 Copy of a Sidney Paget illustration used in The Copper Beeches in 1892 (signed G.).
p. 194 Not a sherlockian illustration. The illustration was drawn by Orson Lowell for the novel "A Bicycle of Cathay", by Frank R. Stockton published in 1900.
p. 230 Not a sherlockian illustration. The illustration was drawn by Orson Lowell for the novel "A Bicycle of Cathay", by Frank R. Stockton published in 1900.
p. 234 William H. Hyde illustration used for The Resident Patient in 1893.