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1cosmicdolphin
Dic 10, 2009, 8:47 am

I want to pick up the complete Sherlock Holmes as mass market paperbacks so I can nibble away at the stories over the next year.

Now I found the lovely Ballantine set of the first 6 books which came out in 1975 (which is winding it's way to me right now), but Ballantine did not publish the last 3 books, so:

I'm looking for suggestions for quality mass market paperback editions of:

'The Valley of Fear', 'The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes', and 'His Last Bow'

Preferably with glorious 70s styling that will look good on the shelf next to my Ballantine box.

Rich

2bibliorex
Dic 10, 2009, 9:58 am

Rich,

I've got a nice 8-volume set of mass market paperbacks in a single slipcover from the early '60s, Berkley Medallion edition, that you might like to see if you can find a set of. I picked up mine on eBay a few years back as part of a much larger Sherlock Holmes collection. It's a handsome set, though I have no idea if they are readily available in secondary markets.

This probably isn't what you're interested in, but Hard Case Crimes just released a new mass market paperback edition of The Valley of Fear with a neat "hardboiled" cover. If you've seen any of their other editions, it's in the same vein.

Andrew

3Enodia
Dic 10, 2009, 2:12 pm

yeah, the Berkeley set is great if you want all the individual titles. otherwise there is the two-volume complete that came out in support of the PBS series.

it's a shame that Ballantine never published them all. i really like them for the guest authors they had doing the introductions... Ellery Queen, P.G Wodehouse, Len Deighton, Nicholas Meyer, etc. in fact i collected them more for that reason alone than just to have another edition (although i do do that... i'm hopelessly addicted!).

4cosmicdolphin
Dic 10, 2009, 2:31 pm

Bibliorex:

Yes I saw the hard case crime cover, awesome but not quite what I'm looking for. Hard case have done some good work indeed though. I'll have a look at the Berkley editions.

Enodia:

The introductions are one of the other reasons I chose that ballantine box set, as well as the fact it's rather cute. I came across a blog online with someone reviewing the Wodehouse introduction which had pictures of the box set and I was sold. It is a shame they didn't do the remaining 3 books.

Whichever mass markets I do get, hopefully will have matching styling, be it the Berkeley or straight Penguin editions.

I've grown to love mass market paperbacks, everything in bite size chunks, none of these huge trade paperbacks for me. Trade paperbacks have their place, but I'd rather a good solid mass market edition (some of todays mass markets are made like crap though!)

Rich W

5DeusExLibrus
Oct 21, 2011, 2:48 pm

I know its not exactly what you're looking for, but Barnes and Noble does do a two paperback volume edition of the Complete Sherlock Holmes. Both volumes together cost around $20 if memory serves.

6cosmicdolphin
Oct 21, 2011, 6:50 pm

5 DeuxExLibrus

I used to work at BN so I'm pretty familiar with those editions, but they weren't quite right for me. The Ballantine box set is great though , well worth it for the introductions, the volumes that Ballantine didn't do I grabbed the Berkley editions in the end.

I do have the Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Complete Sherlock Holmes though which is cute.

7DeusExLibrus
Oct 21, 2011, 6:57 pm

6 cosmicdolphin

I have the leatherbound as well and like it, though I've been contemplating getting a paperback copy to complement it. The weight of the leatherbound can make extended reading less than comfortable. Any suggestions?

8cosmicdolphin
Oct 22, 2011, 7:07 am

I do really love the Ballantine 1970s 6 Volume box set, because of the bonus introductions by different people: Nicholas Meyer, Ed McBain, P. G. Wodehouse, Ellery Queen, Joe Gores, Don Pendleton. It can be picked up for around $21 (usually at that price the books are in decent shape but the box is a bit rough) The Don Pendleton Introduction is hilarious, he crosses it over with his mens adventure writing ;-) For the remaining 3 books I added the mass market paperback Berkley editions.

As Bibilorex pointed out there is an 8 volume Berkley set of small paperbacks, which can also be had for around the same price if you can find it.

http://www.amazon.com/Shelock-Classics-Adventures-Sherlock-Baskervilles/dp/B001O... (Ballantine Set)

Theres a cute little Blog Review of the Ballantine set here, which is what caused me to buy those editions originally:

http://bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2008/01/wodehouse-week-wodehouses-introduction....

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Sherlock-Holmes-Stories-volumes/dp/B000ERHFAW/ref... (Berkley Set)

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