Lot 104
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: "The field bazaar", pp.35-36 in The Student, Edinburgh University Magazine, bazaar number, Friday 20th November 1896. Edinburgh: The Students' Representative, 1896. 8vo, original red cloth with Edinburgh University crest to upper cover, g.e.
Footnote
Note: Edinburgh University held 'the Bazaar' to raise enough money to build a pavilion on their newly acquired athletics field. A special edition of the university magazine was published for the occasion and included a contribution from one of its well-known alumni, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Field Bazaar was the first Sherlock Holmes story to be published following the detective's apparent demise at the Reichenbach Falls.