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This article is about book by Vincent Starret. For Billy Wilder film, see The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Title page for The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1933)
AuthorVincent Starrett
LanguageEnglish
Genrenon-fiction
PublisherMacmillan Publishers
Publication date
1933
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a book by Vincent Starrett originally published in 1933.[1] It is considered the first book on Sherlock Holmes scholarship,[1][2] as well as a cornerstone of the study of Sherlockiana.[1][3][4] It has been credited with jumpstarting the creation of Sherlockian Societies.[5] It has been used as an inspiration and a reference for "biographies" of Sherlock Holmes such as Nick Rennison's 2005 Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography.[6]

The book was dedicated to William Gillette, Frederic Dorr Steele, and Gray Chandler Briggs.[7]

The book was revised and expanded in 1960 and republished by The University of Chicago Press[8] and again in 1993 by Otto Penzler Books.[9] A paperback edition of the University of Chicago edition, with a new introduction and epilogue, was published by Pinnacle Books in 1975.[10]

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  1. ^ a b c Redmond, Christopher (2009). Sherlock Holmes Handbook: Second Edition. Dundurn Press. p. 260. ISBN 9781459718982.
  2. ^ Skene-Melvin, David (2013). Bloody York. Dundurn. p. 207. ISBN 9781459727397.
  3. ^ "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes by Vincent Starrett". The Mysterious Press. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Byrne, Bob (August 29, 2016). "The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes: Vincent Starrett on the Great Detective". Black Gate. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Doyle, Steven; Crowder, David A. (2010). Sherlock Holmes For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 243. ISBN 9780470647370.
  6. ^ Rennison, Nick (2007). Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography. Grove Press. p. 255. ISBN 9781555848736.
  7. ^ Boström, Mattias (2018). From Holmes to Sherlock. Mysterious Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-8021-2789-1.
  8. ^ DeWaal, Ronald Burt (1974). The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes. Bramhall House. p. 177. ISBN 0-517-217597.
  9. ^ Starrett, Vincent (1993). The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Otto Penzler Books. ISBN 1-883402-05-0.
  10. ^ Pinnacle Books, New York, 1975
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