The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The third book about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson and the first collection of stories about them in the series "Biss Arthur Conan Doyle".
Sherlock Holmes is taken to investigate the most confusing affairs, who are too tough for police officers from Scotland Yard. Its customers are most often ordinary citizens, but it happens that aristocrats, members of the royal family and even the king of Bohemia also turn for help.
The collection includes 12 small stories that began to be published in the British magazine "Strand Magazine" in July 1891 with illustrations of Sydney Page. It was Page who invented the appearance of the famous detective, who later became canonical and familiar to readers. The prototype of Sherlock Holmes was the younger brother of the artist.
The publication contains 104 black and white illustrations of Sidney Page, as well as color illustrations of contemporary artist Natalia Mikhalchuk.
Cover with a fabric spine and matte lamination of the back and front side. In the block - tinted paper, embossing on the spine.
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Eng. Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930), English writer, creator of classical characters of detective, science fiction and historical and adventure literature: the ingenious detective of Sherlock Holmes, eccentric professor of the challenger and many others. A series of books by the writer "Biss Arthur Conan Doyle" is published in the Idushtyakov Publishing House.
Three reasons for buying a book:
1. The works of Arthur Conan Doyle are recommended by middle -class students for extracurricular reading.
2. Illustrations of Sidney Page, who came up with the image of Sherlock Holmes.
3. Illustrations of Natalia Mikhalchuk are created specifically for this publication