{"id":9574,"date":"2022-03-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=9574"},"modified":"2022-05-05T08:20:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:20:38","slug":"sherlock-holmes-at-the-grolier-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=9574","title":{"rendered":"Sherlock Holmes at the Grolier Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This week my friend Nancy and I visited Manhattan\u2019s Grolier Club, founded in 1884, a bibliophile\u2019s paradise. On view there (until April 16) is the special exhibit, Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects<\/em>. Every mystery-lover will recognize the significance of that number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Especially remarkable is that the 221 objects were selected from the riches of one obsessive collector, Glen S. Miranker<\/a>, and a number of them are one-of-a-kind. His is a collection \u201crich in bibliographic rarities, manuscripts, books, correspondence, and artwork, all with intriguing stories to tell beyond their significance as literary and cultural landmarks.\u201d Seeing Doyle\u2019s small, careful handwriting as he makes notes about possible stories, or pens his drafts and writes to his publisher and Gillette, is truly a thrill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If, as the Grolier Club flyer says, Conan Doyle\u2019s creation became \u201ca literary juggernaut,\u201d it was a theatrical one, as well. London\u2019s theater world wasn\u2019t interested in the possibility of staging versions of Conan Doyle\u2019s stories, but U.S. actor William Gillette (pictured) was, and he made it happen, playing the role of Holmes on US stages from 1899 to 1932.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artwork from theater posters and programs, as well as the book covers of the many editions in which the stories appeared\u2014both legitimately and pirated\u2014often indelibly captures the Great Detective, sometimes in contemplation, pipe in hand, and sometimes on the hunt across the moors. And sometimes just in the Art Nouveau designs in vogue around the turn of the last century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re in New York in the next month, visit The Grolier Club<\/a>, 47 East 60th<\/sup> Street. Call ahead for a timed reservation, because the number of visitors at any one time is controlled. Masks required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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