#knickerbocker classics

For many years, my only copy of the Complete Sherlock Holmes (novels and stories) was the good old Doubleday edition. Over the years, my copy of that edition got pretty worn. I replaced it with a Barnes & Noble reprint, which had the same text, but also sported a dust jacket that was an unpleasant orange color. So, a year ago, I was looking on Amazon at editions of the Complete Holmes, and stumbled across an edition that is well worth the reasonable price I paid for it: the Knickerbocker Classics Complete Sherlock Holmes.

It's a lovely slipcased edition of the complete novels and stories, with a ribbon placemarker, and a cover design that calls to mind the famous deerstalker cap and cape that are synonymous with the great detective in the public imagination. I haven't gotten rid of the Doubleday edition, but this one is much, much nicer. I highly recommend it!

January 19th is the birth date of Edgar Allan Poe, the American author and poet. Orphaned as a young man, Poe had a difficult life and died poor and heartbroken at age 40. According to Jeffrey Meyers, author of Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy, Poe’s death has been variously attributed to alcohol, brain congestion, cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, and other agents.

Poe fans, the team at Rock Point Gifts & Stationary is thrilled to introduce the beautiful, hardcover Edgar Allan Poe Keepsake Journal, which pays homage to the author and his most famous works. Filled with 120 beautifully designed pages and adorned with some of his most famous quotes, this would be the ideal gift for any literature lover or aspiring writer. Not only does it provide a space in which to record original works, but it also acts as inspiration for creativity. Bonus material within the journal includes a short biography of the author and ten unique card stock prints of famous quotes from Poe’s speeches, poems and stories.

The Knickerbocker Classics collection features a full-cloth binding, ribbon marker, and will fit neatly in an elegant slipcase for your personal library collection. Gorgeous, and completely collectible.

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Prepare yourselves, Sherlock fans: Sherlock may get a one-off episode in May!

"Mark Gatiss may beat me up, but there is an idea for this one-off special that’s such a good idea."

YES. This is happening. That quote was from Martin Freeman, who plays Watson on TV's Sherlock series. This is huge. Season 3 ended with a "three-pipe problem" and a particularly nasty, cruel, and shrewd Sherlock. After such an epic finale, fans of the show were disappointed that filming of Season 4 might have been delayed by two years. 

Martin continued, saying, "As I was listening to it, I thought ‘we’ve just got to do this.' It’s a fantastic, really mouth-watering idea. But I really don’t know when we are going to get to do it."

And... while you're waiting...and salivating... pick up Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Classics and fall into the adventures of the literary pipe smoker, Sherlock Holmes.