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082			_a823.8 _bDOY/H
100			_aDoyle, Arthur Conan
245	0	0	_aHis last bow: some reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
260			_aOxford _bOxford University Press _c1996
300			_axlix, 252p.
490			_aThe World's Classics
520			_a'His Last Bow., the title story of this collection, tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. The Prime Minister himself requests Holmes's services to hunt down the remarkable German agent, Von Bork. Several of the detective's earlier cases complete the volume, including 'Wisteria Lodge', 'The Bruce-Partington Plans' and 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax'. In 'The Dying Detective'. Dr. Watson is horrified to discover Holmes at death's door from a mysterious tropical disease as his friend lays a trap for a murderer.
650	0		_aEnglish Literature
650	0		_aPrivate investigators
650	0		_aEngland
650	0		_aHolmes, Sherlock
650	0		_aDetective and mystery stories, English
700	0	2	_aEdwards, Owen Dudley, ed.
942			_cBK
999			_c5038 _d5038