Title: The Annotated Sherlock Holmes Volume II: The Four Novels and the Fifty-Six Short Stories Complete
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; editor and annotator William S. Baring-Gould
Format: Green cloth hardcover book with black photo-illustrated dust jacket
Publisher: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York
Publication Year: 1978 second edition, nineteenth printing
Language: English
Narrative type: Fiction, annotated detective and mystery stories
Genre: Mystery, crime and thriller, classic literature, Sherlock Holmes
Intended audience: Young adults and adults interested in classic detective fiction
Book series: The Annotated Sherlock Holmes
Country of origin: Printed in the United States of America
Era: 1970s vintage mystery and classic literature volume
Features: Map-illustrated endpapers of London, numerous black-and-white illustrations and facsimile documents, extensive marginal annotations and commentary, bibliography and index, and protective dust jacket
Edition details: Second edition with nineteenth printing dated December 1978 on the copyright page; original copyright 1967 by Lotte M. Baring-Gould; Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 67-22406
Brand markings: Title page lists The Annotated Sherlock Holmes Volume II with full subtitle, credits Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and editor William S. Baring-Gould, and notes the illustrations by various artists; Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. imprint and New York address appear on the title and copyright pages, with design credit to Sally Stein and jacket design credit to Chris Simon on the dust jacket flap
Description: Authoritative annotated edition presenting all four Sherlock Holmes novels and fifty-six short stories complete, with detailed historical, literary, and cultural notes that clarify references, explain chronology, and provide background on Victorian London and the wider Holmesian world.
Additional details: Contents are organized in narrative order from Dr. Watson's first meeting with Holmes through his retirement, with sections, appendices, and an index of titles, plus maps, diagrams, coats of arms, photographs, and drawings reproducing classic Holmes illustrations.
Unique markings: Front endpapers feature a detailed map of London and surrounding districts with vignettes from individual cases around the borders, and the half-title page carries a brief handwritten notation identifying this copy as Volume II.
Keywords: The Annotated Sherlock Holmes Volume II, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William S. Baring-Gould, Clarkson N. Potter hardcover, vintage 1978 Sherlock Holmes book, annotated mystery fiction, illustrated short story collection, London map endpapers, classic detective literature USA