BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, WITH ARTWORK BY RŪTA KUZMICKAS

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In 1924, Queen Mary of England received a gift: the most fabulous dollhouse in history. Alongside miniature rooms from Buckingham Palace, filled with miniature replicas of the furniture and artwork, there was a miniature library. For it, the most famous authors of the day submitted original never-before-published books. Well, “books” – the longest being around five hundred words.

The “book” which Arthur Conan Doyle contributed was called How Watson Learned The Trick, which would prove to be the shortest Sherlock Holmes story. The tale is part mystery, part comedy, and part parody on the formula that Sherlock Holmes stories would become. It is a sincere instance of pure joy from the author of literature's most famous detective.

The story is here reprinted, at several times its original size, as a double-sided broadside with original artwork.

EDITION NOTES

• Limited to 500, numbered 1 through 500

• The eighth broadside of No Reply Press, Winter 2021.

• Broadside measures 6 by 14 inches.

• Printed by hand on handmade Nepalese paper using a Vandercook Universal I proof press.

• Double sided, with original artwork by Rūta Kuzmickas on the front.

• Typically ships folded so that it can be housed in a letterpress broadside folder, but can be shipped flat upon request.

• Typeset in Perpetua, designed by Eric Gill.

HAND-MADE FRAMING

• We offer museum-quality gallery frames, made specially for our broadsides. Each frame is made by hand with sustainably harvested poplar hardwood.

• The broadside is mounted to create a slight shadow which accents and exhibits the deckle edges of the papers we use.