The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (book)

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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Author Vincent Starrett
LanguageEnglish
Genre non-fiction
Publisher Macmillan Publishers
Publication date
1933
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)

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]

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