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A bearded man in a deerstalker hat with a pipe holds a violin in front of books and collectable ...
Sssssh! One of the best bibliophilic secrets in town is this Sherlock Holmes room at Metro Reference Library, dark panelled and stocked with what's called the best public collection of Arthur Conan Doyle works in the world
A bearded man in a deerstalker hat with a pipe holds a violin in front of books and collectables in the library's Sherlock Holmes collection. ' 

Sssssh! One of the best bibliophilic secrets in town is this Sherlock Holmes room at Metro Reference Library, dark panelled and stocked with what's called the best public collection of Arthur Conan Doyle works in the world

Date11/2/1979
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128503F
Country:Canada
Building, monument or park:Toronto Public Library. Toronto Reference Library
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Yorkville
North-south streeet:Yonge Street
Province or state:Ontario
Shows a series of collectables from the library's collection, including a violin, figurines, a ...
The library has one of the world's best collections (inset) of books on Sherlock Holmes
March 12, 1987
Elementary, my dear watson: It should be no surprise that so many translations of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes are availabe, considering the fictional sleuth's world wide popularity, says Cameron Holiyer, curator of Arthur Conan Doyle Room
Elementary, my dear watson: It should be no surprise that so many translations of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes are availabe, considering the fictional sleuth's world wide popularity, says Cameron Holiyer, curator of Arthur Conan Doyle Room
8/25/1989
The Four Pillars : the foundations of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, Toronto Reference Library
The Four Pillars : the foundations of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, Toronto Reference Library
May 3, 2014
Mr. Harry Yorke by arrangement with Mr. Charles Frohman presents : Sherlock Holmes by A. Conan Doyle and William Gillette
Mr. Harry Yorke by arrangement with Mr. Charles Frohman presents : Sherlock Holmes by A. Conan Doyle and William Gillette
1901
Sherlock Holmes is alive and well at the Central Library and on exhibition
Sherlock Holmes is alive and well at the Central Library and on exhibition
1971
The hotel Metropole and the Whitehall Rooms, London; "My dear Smith; No, I got the Sherlock Holmes suggestion but not the other one"
The hotel Metropole and the Whitehall Rooms, London; "My dear Smith; No, I got the Sherlock Holmes suggestion but not the other one"
August 23, 1912
Keir Moulton: Student of the year, in his school library, loves to read Sherlock Holmes mysteries, science fiction and history.
Keir Moulton: Student of the year, in his school library, loves to read Sherlock Holmes mysteries, science fiction and history.
5/1/1992
Dark secrets
Dark secrets
10/21/1975
Beige paper wrappers with lettering and rules in black.
In quest of truth : being a correspondence between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H. Stansbury.
1914
Light grey paper wrappers lettered and ruled in black with publisher's device on front cover.
Our reply to the cleric : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's lecture in Leicester, October 19th, 1919, following the Church Congress.
1920
Shows True Davidson tweaking the brim of a Sherlockian Deerstalker hat worn by a tall young man ...
Literary myth recalled: Mayor True Davidson of East York was principal speaker Saturday night when the Bootmakers Club met to celebrate its hero, Sherlock Holmes, the mythical master of Baker St
9/24/1972
A Beautifully executed performance is how critic David McCaughna describes Patrick Horgan's Sherlock Holmes in The Speckled Band at the St. Lawrence c(...)
A Beautifully executed performance is how critic David McCaughna describes Patrick Horgan's Sherlock Holmes in The Speckled Band at the St. Lawrence c(...)
12/29/1975