The Baker Street Irregulars, in cooperation with leading libraries and private collectors, publishes the Manuscript Series to bring to the public facsimile editions of manuscripts and other documents relating to Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with insightful commentary by talented Sherlockian and Doylean writers.
The Wrong Passage "The Golden Pince-Nez"
Our latest Manuscript Series volume shows Holmes at his observant and deductive best, with essays on the manuscript's and story's historical background and related geographical, linguistic, religious and medical topics.
For a complete table of contents, more details about the book, and your ordering options, visit The Wrong Passage page.
Bohemian Souls "A Scandal in Bohemia"
The first Sherlock Holmes short story is also one of the best, and features his most famous female adversary, the woman Irene Adler. Mystery expert Otto Penzler edits this examination of the story and the manuscript.
For a complete table of contents, more details about the book, and your ordering options, visit our Bohemian Souls page.
So Painful a Scandal "The Three Students"
This facsimile edition is our first to have the transcription facing the reproduction for easier reading, and the first to show the bound cover and endpapers. It includes notes and essays about the manuscript and the story.
For a complete table of contents, more details about the book, and your ordering options, visit our So Painful a Scandal page.
Mandate for Murder "The Red Circle"
With a tale involving an Italian secret society, this volume takes in many Italian elements, starting with the editors and including a number of new essays. It also has a transcription and detailed notes on the manuscript.
For a complete table of contents, more details about the book, and your ordering options, visit our Mandate for Murder page.
The Napoleon Bust Business Again "The Six Napoleons"
In addition to reproducing the manuscript, this facsimile edition also includes a typescript and an essay about the manuscript. Other new essays highlight the real history surrounding the tale including a Conan Doyle discovery.
For a complete table of contents, more details about the book, and your ordering options, visit our Napoleon Bust Business Again page.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Chapter XI
This facsimile edition reproduces the only extant chapter of the manuscript of The Hound of the Baskervilles. It also includes a linear transcription, nine essays on the story by leading Sherlockians, and advertisements from 1902.
For a complete table of contents, more details about the book, and your ordering options, visit our Hound of the Baskervilles page.
Angels of Darkness A Drama in Three Acts
The BSI offers the first-ever publication of this Conan Doyle play featuring Dr. Watson and many of the events from A Study in Scarlet. It includes a facsimile of a portion of the manuscript and four essays.
For a complete table of contents, more details about the book, and your ordering options, visit our Angels of Darkness page.
G.K. Chesterton's Sherlock Holmes
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In cooperation with the Lilly Library of Indiana University, the BSI presents 19 unpublished illustrations of the Sherlock Holmes stories made by Gilbert Keith (G. K.) Chesterton (1874–1936), the great English artist, poet, theologian, journalist, critic, essayist, author, and creator of "Father Brown." (2002)
