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The Firm of Girdlestone

The Firm of Girdlestone
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1890
Collins’ “Handy” Modern Fiction (7d. each)
Collins’ Clear-Type Press, US, c.1920
ex libris signature “Ralph Barrick”


When I went to the horology museum at the Greenwich Observatory...

When I went to the horology museum at the Greenwich Observatory in 2020 they had old telephones from different decades where you could listen to recordings of the different voices British Telecom used over the years.


The Best of Sherlock Holmes

The Best of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, various stories written 1891–1917
The Franklin Mint Limited Edition Collection, The Collected Stories of the World’s Greatest Writers, 1977


The Sever-Per-Cent Solution

The Sever-Per-Cent Solution
Nicholas Meyer, 1974
E. P. Dutton & Co., US, 1974 book club edition


The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes

The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes
Philip Weller with Christopher Roden, 1902
Studio Editions Ltd., 1992
Published by Crescent Books, US. Printed in Great Britain.


Crimes of Horror

Crimes of Horror
Angus Hall, editor
Copyright Phoebus Publishing Company, 1973, 1976
Crescent Books, US, 1976
Printed in Great Britain


Enjoy Your Siamese Cat

Enjoy Your Siamese Cat
Earl Schneider, editor
Photography Sally Anne Thompson
The Pet Library Ltd., 1967, second printing


Herbie!

Herbie!
Cartoons by William Garnet (Bing) Coughlin
Text by J.D.M. (James Douglas MacFarlane)
Cartoons copyright The Crown in Right of the Dominion of Canada, 1946
Text copyright Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) Ltd., 1946
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada), Ltd., reprint 1959


Funk & Wagnalls Standard Reference Encyclopedia

Funk & Wagnalls Standard Reference Encyclopedia
Volume 25: Washington—Zyrian
Wilfred Funk, Inc., portions copyright 1931, 1934–35, 1937, 1942, 1949, 1951–52, 1954–1964
Standard Reference Works Publishing Co., US, 1964 edition


Funk & Wagnalls Standard Reference Encyclopedia

Funk & Wagnalls Standard Reference Encyclopedia
Volume 24: Turkey—Washington
Wilfred Funk, Inc., portions copyright 1931, 1934–35, 1937, 1942, 1949, 1951–52, 1954–1964
Standard Reference Works Publishing Co., US, 1964 edition


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