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Magnificently illustrated with 12 powerful watercolors by award-winning artist Moser, "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" features the complete text of the original collection of Doyle's short stories and is an ideal introduction to the fascinating world of this mesmerizing detective.

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of Sherlock magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against 'the Napoleon of Crime', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, helps to solve the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married, and becomes involved with other intrigues that defeat the detectives of Scotland Yard. The original illustrations from The Strand magazine by Sidney Paget accompany each story. Stories included in this edition are: A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Man with the Twisted Lip The Blue Carbuncle The Speckled Band Silver Blaze The Musgrave Ritual The Dancing Man The Solitary Cyclist Charles Augustus Milverton The Six Napoleons The Abbey Grange The Second Stain The Devil's Foot

The Sherlock Holmes Book chronicles every case of the world's greatest detective and his assistant Dr Watson. The game is afoot and now you can discover every detail of Sherlock Holmes' world

These special fairy tales, which Oscar Wilde made up for his own sons, include 'The Happy Prince', who was not as happy as he seemed; 'The Selfish Giant', who learned to love little children; 'The Star Child', who suffered bitter trials when he rejected his parents. . . . Often whimsical and sometimes sad, they all shine with poetry and magic.

Colonel Sapt travels to England on a secret mission to prevent anarchy in Ruritania by enlisting Rudolf Rassendyll to impersonate the King during his recovery from illness. However, Rassendyll has mysteriously vanished.

A collection of stories featuring detectives, criminal agents and debonair crooks from the golden age of crime fiction: a time when Sherlock Holmes was esconsced in his rooms at 221B Baker Street and London was permanently wreathed in a sinister fog.

This book explores the captivating and eerie world of vampires through a collection of stories, featuring both well-known and lesser-known tales.

A brand-new Sherlock Holmes mystery from acclaimed Sherlockian author David Stuart Davies, featuring the return of the sinister Moriarty gang...

Includes short stories: Best Ghost Stories, Best Fairy Stories, Celtic Fairy Tales and Tales of the Macabre. This new collection of detective stories of the golden age includes intriguing tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Wallace, G K Chesterton, 'Sapper', E W Hornung, and Arnold Bennett.