The Best of Sherlock Holmes

 

Revision History:
A Checklist of Facsimiles of the Sherlock Holmes Stories

 

This Revision History summarizes the changes made to the Checklist over time.  The most recent changes are at the top.  It uses Jay Finley Christ's standard four-letter abbreviations for the Holmes story titles, as noted on the Abbreviations List page.  It also uses the identification code numbers listed on the Checklist for each reproduced item.

 

 

January 2007 Revision

 

New Items and Appearances (in order by story abbreviation)

-         REDC-099 added item and appearance in Mandate for Murder

-         SIGN-103 added appearance in Sotheby catalogue 1996

-         SOLI-101 added appearance in Baker Street Journal Winter 2005

-         SOLI-112 added item and appearance in Baker Street Journal Winter 2005

-         STUD-112 added appearance in The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

-         3GAR-101 added item and appearance in Christie's catalogue 1989

-         3STU-101 added item and appearance in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sesquicentennial

-         VALL-101 added appearance in The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

 

Changes to entries in prior version of Checklist

-         EMPT-112 confirmed and revised citation in Back to Baker Street

-         EMPT-113 confirmed and revised citation in Back to Baker Street

-         EMPT-114 confirmed and revised citation in Back to Baker Street

-         MISS-101 confirmed and revised citation in The Light is Dark Enough

 


 

 

June 2005 Revision

 

New Items and Appearances (in order by story abbreviation)

-         CHAS-101 added appearance in Sotheby catalogue 1999

-         CHAS-102 added item and appearance in Sotheby catalogue 1999

-         CHAS-104 added item and appearance in Sotheby catalogue 1999

-         FINA-111 added appearance in First Hundred Years

-         FINA-111 added appearance in Magic Door 2004

-         MISS-101 added appearance in The Light is Dark Enough

-         REDC-101 added appearance in First Hundred Years

-         REDC-101 added appearance in Magic Door 2004

-         REIG-102 added item and appearance in Christie's catalogue 2004

-         SECO-101 added item and appearance in American Art Association catalogue 1922

-         SECO-101 added appearance in Studies in Scarlet

-         SECO-115 added item and appearance in Studies in Scarlet

-         SIXN-099 added item and appearance in BSI Manuscript Series

-         SOLI-100 added item and appearance in Sotheby catalogue 2004

-         SOLI-101 added appearance in Sotheby catalogue 2004

-         SOLI-104 added item and appearance in Sotheby catalogue 2004

-         STUD-111 added appearance in Autograph Collector 2004

-         STUD-111 added appearance in Studies in Scarlet

-         STUD-111 added appearance in World of Sherlock Holmes by Fido

-         STUD-112 added appearance in Christie's catalogue 2004

-         SUSS-101 added item and appearance in Christie's catalogue 2004

-         SUSS-101 added appearance in Christie's NY catalogue 2004

-         SUSS-102 added item and appearance in Christie's NY catalogue 2004

-         SUSS-104 added item and appearance in Christie's NY catalogue 2004

-         VALL-111 added appearance in Murderland

-         VALL-117 added appearance in Murderland

-         VALL-118 added item and appearance in Murderland

-         VALL-119 added item and appearance in Murderland

-         VALL-120 added item and appearance in Murderland

 

Changes to entries in prior version of Checklist

-         DYIN-901 Christie's 1966 confirmed, updated and categorized as DYIN-101

-         HOUN-903 Sotheby's 1996 confirmed, updated and categorized as HOUN-120

-         SECO-113 Clarified sequence of text within reproductions

-         SOLI-103 Peck article re-categorized as SOLI-101

-         STUD-103 No reproduction in interior of Murray 1930 Memories and Adventures

-         VALL-117 clarified appearance in Biblioctopus Catalog 12

 


 

 

September 2003 Revision

 

General Changes

-         Added new page listing reproductions available on the Internet 

 

New Items and Appearances (in order by story abbreviation)

-         EMPT-101 added item and appearance in Back to Baker Street

-         EMPT-112 added item and appearance in Back to Baker Street

-         EMPT-113 added item and appearance in Back to Baker Street

-         EMPT-114 added item and appearance in Back to Baker Street

-         FINA-111 added appearance in Lilly Library online exhibit

-         MAZA-101 added item and appearance in Sotheby catalogue 1991

-         MAZA-111 added item and appearance in Sotheby catalogue 1991

-         REDC-101 added appearance in Lilly Library online exhibit

-         REDC-102 added item and appearance in Lilly Library online exhibit

-         SIGN-103 added appearance on Redmond's Sherlockian.Net website

 

Changes to entries in prior version of Checklist

-         CHAS-901 Milvertonians card confirmed, updated and categorized as CHAS-101

-         HOUN-115 revised citation credit on BSI Manuscript Series

-         PRIO-101 Pepper & Stern Epstein catalogue examined and updated

 


 

 

March 2003 Revision

 

New Items and Appearances (in order by story abbreviation)

-         CARD-111 added appearance in Sherlock Holmes Journal, Summer 1980

-         GREE-101 added appearance in Antiquarian Bookman, February 22, 1965

-         GREE-101 added appearance in Christie's catalogue (London – 18 December 1964)

-         HOUN-116 added appearance in The Magic Door Summer 2002

-         HOUN-117 added item and appearance in The Magic Door Summer 2002

-         REDC-101 added appearance in Scribner's Catalogue Number 126

-         SCAN-101 added appearance in Antiquarian Bookman, February 22, 1965

-         SHOS-099 added item and appearance in The Adventure Of Shoscombe Abbey

-         SIGN-111 added item and appearance in New York Times 1996

-         STUD-111 added appearance in SHJ: A Study in Scarlet Centenary Special

-         STUD-111 added appearance in Encyclopedia Sherlockiana

 

Changes to entries in prior version of Checklist

-         GOLD-104 confirmed mistaken De Waal citation

-         HOUN-116 examined and updated appearance in Nightmare: The Birth of Horror

-         HOUN-901 Distinguished Library… examined, updated and categorized as HOUN-118

-         HOUN-902 Collection of Dr. James Bliss Austin examined, updated and categorized as HOUN-119

-         MISS-902 Tourist Guide confirmed, updated and categorized as MISS-101

-         PRIO-901 Epstein card confirmed, updated and categorized as PRIO-101

-         SCAN-902 Texas Monthly examined, updated and categorized as SCAN-101

-         STUD-111 noted no reproduction in original French version of Pierre Nordon's Conan Doyle

-         STUD-901 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Archives examined, updated and categorized as STUD-111

-         VALL-901 Biblioctopus examined, updated and categorized as new VALL-117

 


 

 

May 2002 Revision

 

New Items and Appearances (in order by story abbreviation)

-         Angels-111 added item and appearance in BSI Manuscript Series

-         CARD-111 added appearance in The Original Illustrated ACD

-         DYIN-101 added appearance in Case Files of Sherlock Holmes

-         DYIN-111 added item and appearance in Case Files of Sherlock Holmes

-         HOUN-115 added item and appearance in BSI Manuscript Series

-         HOUN-116 added item and appearance in Nightmare: The Birth of Horror

-         HOUN-902 added item and appearance in Pepper & Stern: Austin Collection Catalogue

-         HOUN-903 added item and appearance in Sotheby's NY 29 October 1996

-         PRIO-101 added appearance in Pepper & Stern: Epstein Collection Catalogue

-         STUD-103 added cross-reference to Angels-111

 

Changes to entries in prior version of Checklist

-         BLAC-901 Scandalous Bohemians examined, updated and categorized as new BLAC-101

-         FINA-901 Baker Street Gasogene examined, updated and categorized as FINA-111

-         GOLD-101 Strand December 1924 updated with info on article reprint

-         SCAN-901 Min Kaere Watson examined, updated and categorized as SCAN-101

-         SECO-901 Serpentine examined, updated and categorized as SECO-113

-         STUD-906 Memories and Adventures examined, updated and categorized as STUD-111

-         VALL-111 Austin's Sherlockian Studies examined and updated

 


 

 

October 2001 Revision B

 

General Changes

-         New format for the Checklist.  Got rid of tables for wider browser compatibility and to increase download speeds. 

-         Replaced many acronyms with full text to address a wider reading audience.

-         Used new Baker Street Journal CD ROM to confirm and expand details on several items.

 

New Items and Appearances (in order by story abbreviation)

-         HOUN-114 added item and appearance in Pepper 1989 catalogue #25

-         LAST-102 added appearance in Christie's March 28, 1984

-         REDC-101 added appearance in Dictionary of Literary Biography 18

-         STUD-111 added appearance in Dictionary of Literary Biography 70

-         STUD-111 added appearance in A Study in Southsea

-         STUD-111 added appearance in A Study in Surmise

-         STUD-112 added item and appearance in Carr's Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

-         THOR-101 added item and appearance in Baker Street Miscellanea Summer 1981

-         THOR-101 added appearance in Christie's April 29, 1981

-         VALL-101 added appearance in Sotheby NY 15 June 1990

-         VALL-101 added appearance in Sotheby Preview

-         VALL-114 added item and appearance in Sotheby NY 15 June 1990

-         VALL-115 added item and appearance in Sotheby NY 15 June 1990

-         VALL-116 added item and appearance in Sotheby NY 15 June 1990

-         VALL-901 added item and appearance in Biblioctopus

 

Changes to entries in prior version of Checklist

-         CARD-111 Strand (NY) examined and verified

-         FINA-902 Baker Street Journal June 1962 examined, updated and categorized as FINA-111

-         GOLD-103 Strand Dec 1924 re-categorized under GOLD-101

-         GOLD-901 deleted; Redmond's El Dieff 1969 citation almost certainly refers to GOLD-104 Seventy appearance

-         GOLD-902 Seventy examined, updated and categorized as new GOLD-104

-         GREE-901 Christie's May 5, 1982 examined, updated and categorized as GREE-111

-         LADY-901 Christie's October 21, 1977 examined, updated and categorized as LADY-101

-         MISS-901 Baker Street Journal Jan 1955 examined, updated and categorized as MISS-101

-         PRIO-099 published facsimile description revised to note original written on one side only

-         PRIO-902 Sotheby's February 28, 1974 examined, updated and categorized as PRIO-101

-         REDC-103 and all appearances re-categorized under REDC-101

-         SCAN-903 Strand Oct 1946 examined, updated and categorized as SCAN-101

-         STUD-902 Baker Street Journal Dec 1962 examined, updated and categorized as STUD-111

-         STUD-903 Baker Street Journal March 1969 examined, updated and categorized as STUD-111

-         STUD-904 In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes examined, updated and categorized as STUD-111

-         STUD-906 updated for some other editions of Memories and Adventures

-         STUD-907 Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1933) examined, updated and categorized as STUD-111

-         VALL-101 description revised to reflect longer version of opening page

 


 

 

April 2001 Revision A

-         First edition of the checklist

 


 

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