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Ran into one of my first wife’s flashcards from when she...

Ran into one of my first wife’s flashcards from when she was trying to learn Japanese that she was using as a bookmark in one of my books today. It’s kind of charming.


The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1894
Peebles Press, US, 1975


Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1902
Peebles Press, US, 1975


Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the...

Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1897 & 1890
Peebles Press, US, 1975


Sherlock Holmes Master Detective

Sherlock Holmes Master Detective
Arthur Conan Doyle, various stories written 1897–1905
Silver Burdett Co., US, 1982


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.


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