*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: Like Superman and Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes is a household name, one of the literary iconic characters. Though not the first example of a literary ‘consulting detective’, Holmes is undoubtedly the most famous. These days we know him from countless film, TV and radio versions, and it is perhaps strange to realise that there were just four novels and fifty-six short stories penned by his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, over a hundred years ago. New in we have three of the short story volumes. If you’ve never read these ask yourself ‘should you?’ The answer is, of course, rather elementary… 
PICTURED: ALL BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ALL SOLD
ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Ballantine 1975 1st US thus FA/GD £3
THE CASE-BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Penguin 9th UK PB VG £4
HIS LAST BOW Pan 1976 1st UK PB thus GD/VG £4