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Artists in crime: an illustrated survey of crime fiction first edition dust wrappers, 1920-1970
Scolar Press
1995
Contains over 300 illustrations of rare and collectible dust wrappers from the 1920s to 1940s.
As it might have been: a collection of Sherlockian parodies from unlikely sources
Calabash Press
1998
An anthology of thirty-eight scarce short story parodies of Sherlock Holmes.
At the sign of the ship: notes on the house of Longman, 1724-1974
Longman Group Limited
1974
A history of the House of Longman, later Longman Group Limited. Printed for private circulation.
Auden and after: the liberation of poetry, 1930-1941
George Routledge & Sons Ltd.
1942
An assessment of the younger poets including Dylan Thomas, Stephen Spender, and C. Day Lewis.
The Auld Alliance
Roundwood Press
1971
Traces the story of the political links between Scotland and France dating from the pact between Charlemagne and Acchaius.
The auld grey toun: Dunfermline in the time of Andrew Carnegie 1835-1919
Carnegie Dunfermline Trust
1987
A pictorial record of old Dunfermline with commentary.
Bacchus at Baker Street: observations on the bibulous preferences of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and his contemporaries
Ian Henry Publications
1995
A study of aspects of drink in the canon.
Back to Baker Street: an appreciation of Sherlock Holmes and London
Sherlock Holmes Society of London
1994
A handbook for the 1994 Sherlock Holmes Festival.
The bad Lord Byron
Convoy Publications Ltd
1949
Based on the Gainsborough picture of the same name.
Bad penny blues
Constable
2000
An Australian social historian researching a book finds that her enquiries about a transported criminal open up a hornet's nest.
The bad quarto: an Imogen Quy mystery
Hodder & Stoughton
2007
An experienced night climber unexpectedly falls to his death.
The Baker Street dozen
Congdon & Weed Inc.
1987
The thirteen best stories, as selected by Doyle, each accompanied by a contemporary essay.
The Baker Street irregular: the unauthorised biography of Sherlock Holmes
Ian Henry Publications
1994
The author suggests that Holmes was an 'unprincipled, ruthless opportunist'.
Banff and Buchan
Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
1980
A guide to the buildings on Banff and Buchan.
Banking and finance in the canon, with some notes on the history and canonical connections of the Capital and Counties Bank
Parallel Publications
1997
A discussion of matters financial in the canon.
The bankrupt bookseller speaks again
Oliver and Boyd
1938
Further anecdotes about a fictional bookseller.
Banned books: informal notes on some books banned for various reasons at various times and in various places
George Allen & Unwin Ltd
1955
A chronological list of books banned during the period 387 BC to 1954.
Barley mash and yeast: a history of the Hull Brewery Company 1782-1985
Hutton Press Ltd. and Hull College of Further Education
1990
A history of the Hull Brewery Company and the Old Anchor Brewery.
Barnet's pubs
Barnet and District Local History Society
1995
Lists over 200 public houses, inns, taverns, hotels, brew-houses and ale-houses back to the fourteenth century.
The basic 100: the 100 most critical studies and association items to the Sherlock Holmes canon as suggested by John Bennett Shaw (an annotated collector's guide)
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
1996
A critical guide to the key books for a Sherlockian library.
The Bass Rock
W. & R. Chambers, Limited
1905
Reprinted from 'An island prison on the Forth' in Chamber's Journal, June 1905.
A Batsford century: the record of a hundred years of publishing and bookselling
B.T. Batsford Ltd.
1943
Issued to mark the noted publishing house's centenary.
