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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith

Emerging from their smoke-filled rooms at 21B Baker Street, Holmes and Watson grapple with the forces of crime that stalk the streets of London. From the first story, ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’ where Holmes is foiled by the quick-thinking of ‘the woman’, Irene Adler, to what was presumed to be the last, ‘The Final Problem’ where Holmes at last comes face to face with the diabolical Professor Moriarty, this selection is presents the very best of Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective.

‘Arthur Conan Doyle is unique … Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read him to the milkman’ Stephen Fry

Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.

4.65 “W x 6.61 “H x 0.83 “D192 Pages