Tuesday, October 24, 2023

My Musgrave Monograph monomania

My favorite scion publications come from the Northern Musgraves. Sadly, the Musgraves wound down 15 years before I discovered Sherlockiana. There were two primary periodicals published by the Northern Musgraves. The first was a regular newsletter called "The Ritual", and the second an 'annual' titled "The Musgrave Papers". Both publications contain absolutely outstanding Sherlockian articles, and issues can easily be purchased on sites such as eBay. 

There were a number of other Northern Musgraves publications, but my favorites are the "Musgrave Monograph" series. I plan for this short post to be the start of a longer article exploring this monographs. As the series title suggests, each publication is a short monograph on a single topic.

In this first post on the topic I'll simply list the monographs in publication order, and their cover image where available on the internet. If I manage to purchase these I'll be able to take photographs of each cover and update this post (quite a few have no photos on Google image search!). Please let me know about errors - I've cobbled the list below together based on searches.


The Musgrave Monograph Series.  Clearly this is currently a draft!


Musgrave Monograph Number OnePacing The Musgrave Ritual, Carol Whitlam, 1990.

Musgrave Monograph Number TwoDiving down into the cellar : uses of photography in the canon, Matthew Booth, 1991.

Musgrave Monograph Number Three"Ready when you are, Mr. Rathbone" : a review of the Universal Holmes films, Roger Johnson, 1995.

Musgrave Monograph Number Four'I looked in at Mecca ...': an insight into Sherlock Holmes' visit to Mecca, Anne Jordan, 1993.

Musgrave Monograph Number Five140 different varieties : a review of tobacco in the Canon, John Hall, 1994.

Musgrave Monograph Number SixThe misadventure of the Sherlock Holmes pilot : an account of the making of the first pilot film for a Sherlock Holmes television series, Richard Lancelyn Green, 1995.

Musgrave Monograph Number Seven. Some knowledge of Baritsu: An investigation of the Japanese system of wrestling used by Sherlock Holmes, Hirayama Yuichi and John Hall, 1996.

Musgrave Monograph Number Eight. Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle and the British Empire : an investigation into Conan Doyle's links with the British Empire as expressed through his Sherlockian and other literature, Jeffrey Richards, 1997.

Musgrave Monograph Number ???. Guilty of several monographs : the published writings of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, John Hall, 1996.


Musgrave Monograph Number Nine. 221 BBC : writing for the world's first complete dramatised canon : (with some observations upon previous radio appearances of Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson), Bert Coules, 1998.


Musgrave Monograph Number TenThe somnambulist and the detective : Vincent Starrett and Sherlock Holmes, Susan Rice, 2000.

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