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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

Sherlock Holmes is alive and well at the Central Library and on exhibition

Date1971
Names
Format
CollectionArthur Conan Doyle Collection
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Public Library
Call Number / Accession NumberACD-VF-001
City, town or township:Toronto
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
11/2/1979
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
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
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
Brown cloth cover with title and author in black. Small illustration of a man in a tricorn hat ...
The pursuit of the house-boat : being some further account of the divers doings of the associated shades, under the leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq
1897
Manuscript letter written in Alfred H. Wood's handwriting. 
Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex; "Dear Greenhough-Smith The first of the supplementary "Sherlock Holmes" stories will reach you after Easter"
April 17,1908
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
48 Grand Parade, Carlbourne; "My dear Smith I think I could sustain my copyright in the words "Sherlock Holmes and I don't think they have been used as an advertisement up to now."
Unknown
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
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
Sherlock Holmes, programme
Sherlock Holmes, programme
1901
Holograph, black ink on beige, lined paper, includes some holograph corrections;
Some personalia about Mr. Sherlock Holmes
1917
Patrick Horgan, who played Sherlock Holmes for a time on Broadway and will appear in the role again in the St
Patrick Horgan, who played Sherlock Holmes for a time on Broadway and will appear in the role again in the St
12/16/1975