by JoAnn Palmeri

Visit the lobby of the History of Science Collections to view a display of books by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930):

• A Study in Scarlet (1888)
• The Sign of the Four (1890)
• The White Company (1892), with author’s inscription and autograph letter*
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905)
• The Speckled Band (1912)
• The Adventure of the Dying Detective (1913)
• His Last Bow (1917)

*The White Company is from the History of Science Collections. All other works are from the John and Mary Nichols Rare Books and Special Collections.

In addition to these rare books, two scholarly works are on display:

• Alvin E. Rodin & Jack D. Key, Medical Case Book of Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle (1984)
• Lawrence Frank, Victorian Detective Fiction and the Nature of Evidence (2003)

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More info: Exhibits and Displays LibGuide
Where: History of Science Collections, 5th Floor, Bizzell Memorial Library (visit)
When: Monday-Thursday 9am -6:45; Friday 9am-4:45 Saturday 12-3:45
Contact: (405) 325-2741