"The Strength and Activity of Youth": The Junior Sherlockian Movement. By Stephen Clarkson, BSI. This annual is most interesting. It describes the activities of younger Sherlockians in the '60s and '70s. The late editor Stephen Clarkson ("Morse Hudson") gathered many first-hand accounts of Sherlockian activity from survivors of that distant era. Many respected Irregulars and … Continue reading BSJ 2003 Christmas Annual
G.K. Chesterton's Sherlock Holmes. A Facsimile of his Original Unpublished Holmes Drawings. Edited & introduced by Steven Doyle, BSI. The BSI presents 19 unpublished illustrations of the Sherlock Holmes stories made by Gilbert Keith (G. K.) Chesterton (1874–1936), the great English artist, poet, theologian, journalist, critic, essayist, author, and creator of "Father Brown." These illustrations, … Continue reading G.K. Chesterton’s Sherlock Holmes
Tilting at Windmills: Denis Conan Doyle and the Baker Street Irregulars by Richard Lancelyn Green, BSI. The 2002 Annual covers such topics as The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Doyle brothers' battles with Ellery Queen and their publishers. It also deals with the sudden demise of The Baker Street Journal and the general unhappiness … Continue reading BSJ 2002 Christmas Annual
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Chapter XI). A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript of Chapter XI. by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle along with Commentary on the Story. A facsimile edition of the only extant chapter of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Edited, with an introduction and commentary by leading Sherlockian and Doylean scholars. See the … Continue reading The Hound of the Baskervilles (Ch. XI.)
Angels of Darkness: A Drama in Three Acts. A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript by Arthur Conan Doyle along with Commentary on the Story. Edited & introduced by Peter E. Blau, BSI. The BSI offers the first-ever publication of this Conan Doyle play featuring Dr. Watson and many of the events from A Study in … Continue reading Angels of Darkness
On the Shoulders of Giants: Jack Tracy and the Encyclopaedia Sherlockiana by Christopher and Barbara Roden, BSIs. While Sherlock Holmes pastiches are popular, it's very rare for scholarly Sherlockian volumes to reach a wide audience. Yet in the 1970s, Jack Tracy produced an encyclopedia that sold over 10,000 copies in the U.S. alone in its … Continue reading BSJ 2001 Christmas Annual
Welcome to the world of Sherlockian scholarship and articles that "play the game" that so many have enjoyed in the BSJ since 1946. Your subscription will include five issues: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Christmas Annual, and Winter. If you subscribe after the Spring mailing, we will send you the year's back issues at the next regular … Continue reading Subscribe / Renew the BSJ
The Morley-Montgomery Award was established in 1958 through the generosity of legendary bookdealer Lew D. Feldman, to be given each year to the author of the best article in The Baker Street Journal. The original award consisted of $100 donated by Feldman until his death in 1976, and after that contributed by The Baker Street … Continue reading The Morley-Montgomery Award
We offer PDF reprints of individual articles from any regular issue of the BSJ from 1946 through 2011 for $5.00 each. Reprints from 2012 or later are not available. Our eBSJ PDF Archive (1946-2011) is available on DVD and includes all articles and BSJ Christmas Annuals from 1946 through 2011. Article reprints will be sent … Continue reading BSJ Article Reprints
The entire run of the Baker Street Journal through 2011 is available with the eBSJ v2 PDF Archive. Other back issues of the Baker Street Journal are not available from the BSI. However, issues can sometimes be found on eBay or from rare book dealers, including The Mysterious Bookshop at info@mysteriousbookshop.com or call (212) 587-1011. … Continue reading BSJ Back Issues
