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1933 book by Vincent Starrett
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a book by
Vincent Starrett originally published in 1933.
[1] It is considered the first book on
Sherlock Holmes scholarship,
[1]
[2] as well as a cornerstone of the study of
Sherlockiana.
[1]
[3]
[4] It has been credited with jumpstarting the creation of
Sherlockian Societies.
[5] It has been used as an inspiration and a reference for "biographies" of
Sherlock Holmes such as Nick Rennison's 2005
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography.
[6]
The book was dedicated to
William Gillette,
Frederic Dorr Steele, and Gray Chandler Briggs.
[7]
The book was revised and expanded in 1960 and republished by
The University of Chicago Press
[8] and again in 1993 by
Otto Penzler Books.
[9] A paperback edition of the University of Chicago edition, with a new introduction and epilogue, was published by
Pinnacle Books in 1975.
[10]
References
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b
c Redmond, Christopher (2009). Sherlock Holmes Handbook: Second Edition.
Dundurn Press. p. 260.
ISBN
9781459718982.
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^ Skene-Melvin, David (2013). Bloody York.
Dundurn. p. 207.
ISBN
9781459727397.
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^
"The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes by Vincent Starrett".
The Mysterious Press. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
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^ Byrne, Bob (August 29, 2016).
"The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes: Vincent Starrett on the Great Detective".
Black Gate. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
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^ Doyle, Steven; Crowder, David A. (2010). Sherlock Holmes
For Dummies.
John Wiley & Sons. p. 243.
ISBN
9780470647370.
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^ Rennison, Nick (2007).
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography.
Grove Press. p. 255.
ISBN
9781555848736.
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^ Boström, Mattias (2018).
From Holmes to Sherlock.
Mysterious Press. p. 203.
ISBN
978-0-8021-2789-1.
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^ DeWaal, Ronald Burt (1974).
The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes. Bramhall House. p.
177.
ISBN
0-517-217597.
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^ Starrett, Vincent (1993). The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
Otto Penzler Books.
ISBN
1-883402-05-0.
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^ Pinnacle Books, New York, 1975
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