That Ghastly Face.
A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript of
“The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier”
by Arthur Conan Doyle
with Annotations and Commentary.
Edited, with an Introduction, by
Ira Brad Matetsky, BSI.
The first Sherlock Holmes adventure authored by Holmes, “The Blanched Soldier” tells the tale of a family’s attempt to protect their son, a friend’s dedication to determining the truth, and Holmes’s actions to explain everything.
This volume in the BSI Manuscript Series provides a high-quality full-color reproduction of Conan Doyle’s original penning of the story, accompanied by a careful transcription and useful annotations. The manuscript’s history is followed by informative essays on a wide variety of topics, including illustrations, the illustrator, Tuxbury Old Park, the Boer War, the diagnosis central to the plot, Watson’s Second Wife, and whether Holmes did write the story.
Once again, an outstanding group of scholars contribute to answer questions you have always had about this story.
236 pages, 10″ x 7″ hardcover, December 2024
With the manuscript reproduction in color
plus 35 color & 33 b/w illustrations
That Ghastly Face
$44.95 plus shipping
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Table of Contents for That Ghastly Face
General Editor’s Preface to the Series
by Andrew G. Fusco
Editor’s Introduction: “An Experience of My Own”
by Ira Brad Matetsky
Manuscript Facsimile of “The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier”
with Transcription and Annotations by Phillip Bergem
Highlighting “The Blanched Soldier”: Its History and Manuscript
by Randall Stock
Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Liberty Magazine
by Ira Brad Matetsky
Masterpieces and Miracles: The Art and Illusions of Howard Elcock
by Burt Wolder
A House of Shadows and Mystery: Tuxbury Old Park and Hall
by Catherine Cooke
Dr. Watson’s Second Wife Unveiled
by Bruce Harris
Sherlock Holmes, Narrator
by Andrew L. Solberg
Arthur Conan Doyle and the Boer War
by Paul M. Chapman
Skin in the Game: Dermatology and Sherlock Holmes
by Marilynne McKay
“Lying” in the Leper’s Bed: A Second Opinion on Emsworth’s Illness
by Mary Alcaro
Diagnosis That’s More Than Skin-Deep
by Monica M. Schmidt
Is The Case-Book Real?
by Jim Webb
Some Extraordinary Nightmare: The Uncanny in The Case-Book
by Shana C. Carter
“These Feverish Days”: Conan Doyle’s Post-War Fiction
by Mark Jones
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About the Series
The Baker Street Irregulars, the literary society focused on Sherlock Holmes, in cooperation with leading libraries and private collectors, publishes The Manuscript Series to bring to the public facsimile editions of manuscripts and other documents relating to Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with insightful commentary by talented Sherlockian and Doylean writers.
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