"Maps were made and charts prepared" ('A Study in Scarlet')
The Sherlockian Atlas.
- Author: WOLFF, Julian
- Publication place: New York,
- Publisher: Magico Magazine,
- Publication date: 1984.
- Physical description: Second edition. Folio (278 by 210mm), [18] leaves, 13 maps, bookplate of Peter Walker, original black buckram cloth, lettered in blind-stamped silver to upper cover and spine, rubbed.
- Inventory reference: 22009
Notes
A collection of 13 maps showing real-world and fictional locations appearing
in the 'Sherlock Holmes' stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. Republished to
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the 'Baker Street
Irregulars', the first Sherlockian literary society in the world. The maps
were originally drawn by Wolff in 1940 to accompany the work 'Baker
Street and Beyond'. This 1940 gazetteer was the first attempt by fans to
record the various locations that feature in Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes'
stories, and was written by Edgar Smith, the first editor of The Baker
Street Journal. The maps depict sites from the 56 short stories and four
novels that make up what Sherlockians term 'the Canon'. These include
fictional sites, such as King's Pyland, in italic, alongside real-world places,
such as Tavistock, in roman. In doing so, the mapmaker enables the reader
to relate the venues in the stories to real places on a map and makes 'The
Sherlockian Atlas' an important example of fans interacting and expanding
upon the worldbuilding of the original author.
The maps are:
1. London.
2. England.
3. Europe.
4. US Navy chart of Uffa Solomon Islands ('The singular adventures of
the Grice Patersons in the Island of Uffa' is an untold story which
occurred in 1887).
5. The World Strictly According to Doyle.
6. The Surrey Side (South London - "Our quest does not appear to take
us to very fashionable regions" - 'The Sign of the Four').
7. It is Full of Old Houses ('Home Counties').
8. His Land Bow Window (221B - "We have shared this same room for
years" - 'The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton').
9. United States - "Hell must be something like that".
10. Dartmoor.
11. Operation Reichenbach.
12. The curious incident of Sherlock Holmes in Japan ("Look at this map"
- 'The Adventure of the Priory School').
13. The Lost Special/The Aprocrypha/The Man with the Watches.
"Maps are just lines and symbols on paper, but if you allow your
imagination to have full rein, you will find yourself in new territories, new
worlds, ready for adventure" (Hugh Penecost, 'Introduction' to the 'Atlas').
in the 'Sherlock Holmes' stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. Republished to
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the 'Baker Street
Irregulars', the first Sherlockian literary society in the world. The maps
were originally drawn by Wolff in 1940 to accompany the work 'Baker
Street and Beyond'. This 1940 gazetteer was the first attempt by fans to
record the various locations that feature in Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes'
stories, and was written by Edgar Smith, the first editor of The Baker
Street Journal. The maps depict sites from the 56 short stories and four
novels that make up what Sherlockians term 'the Canon'. These include
fictional sites, such as King's Pyland, in italic, alongside real-world places,
such as Tavistock, in roman. In doing so, the mapmaker enables the reader
to relate the venues in the stories to real places on a map and makes 'The
Sherlockian Atlas' an important example of fans interacting and expanding
upon the worldbuilding of the original author.
The maps are:
1. London.
2. England.
3. Europe.
4. US Navy chart of Uffa Solomon Islands ('The singular adventures of
the Grice Patersons in the Island of Uffa' is an untold story which
occurred in 1887).
5. The World Strictly According to Doyle.
6. The Surrey Side (South London - "Our quest does not appear to take
us to very fashionable regions" - 'The Sign of the Four').
7. It is Full of Old Houses ('Home Counties').
8. His Land Bow Window (221B - "We have shared this same room for
years" - 'The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton').
9. United States - "Hell must be something like that".
10. Dartmoor.
11. Operation Reichenbach.
12. The curious incident of Sherlock Holmes in Japan ("Look at this map"
- 'The Adventure of the Priory School').
13. The Lost Special/The Aprocrypha/The Man with the Watches.
"Maps are just lines and symbols on paper, but if you allow your
imagination to have full rein, you will find yourself in new territories, new
worlds, ready for adventure" (Hugh Penecost, 'Introduction' to the 'Atlas').
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