G.K. Chesterton's Sherlock Holmes : original illustrations : a facsimile of the original unpublished drawings / by Gilbert Keith Chesterton ; edited, with introduction by Steven Doyle.
Publisher:
The Baker Street Irregulars ;
Copyright Date:
2003
Description:
ix, 81 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
XCOL copy #1: Removed from the Dr. Richard Caplan Sherlock Holmes Collection (MsC1154). IaU
Contents:
Contributors. G.K. Chesterton -- Introduction / by Steve Doyle -- The importance of G.K. Chesterton / by Dale Ahlquist -- G.K. Chesterton and detective fiction / by Pasquale Accardo -- Original Sherlock Holmes illustrations / by G.K. Chesterton -- Seventeen sketches (plus two) to Baker Street / by Scott Bond -- Errors about detective stories / G.K. Chesterton -- How to write detective stories / G.K. Chesterton -- A defense of detective stories / G.K. Chesterton -- Sherlock the god / G.K. Chesterton -- Contributors.
Summary:
Presentation of 19 previously unpublished illustrations of Sherlock Holmes stories by G.K. Chesterton. Also includes appreciations of Chesterton, and Chesterton's own writings on the Holmes canon.
Series:
Baker Street Irregulars manuscript series, 1532-8074
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.