Friday, August 15, 2025

The Musgrave Papers

This is a short post that might be edited into a longer post later on. I've written before that my favorite Sherlock society publications are those of the Northern Musgraves (a northern-England group). I've previously posted on collecting their published Monographs (now complete), and the society also had two periodicals: the 'Musgrave Papers', and the 'Ritual' that I've slowly been working to collect.

There were fourteen issues of The Musgrave Papers from 1988-2001. Around 2001 the group became less active. As the journal evolved, each cover received a unique design, and generally speaking each issue had a them. Here are the designs: 


1988: First issue. 
Note: there was also a limited-edition re-issue of 125 copies the first volume in 1990. Appearance is almost identical, but clearly states "Limited Edition Reprint" on cover.

1989: Second issue. Staple bound.

1990: Third issue. Special Watson Issue. All articles in issue focus on John Watson. Staple bound.

1991: Fourth issue.  Staple bound.

1992: Fifth issue. Basil Rathbone on cover. Significant number of articles on Hound of the Baskervilles.

1993: Sixth issue. 

1994: Seventh issue. Death of Peter Cushing memorialized on rear cover.

1995: Eighth issue. 

1996: Ninth issue.  All articles in issue focus on stories in 'Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'.

1997: Tenth issue. 

1998. Eleventh issue. All articles in issue focus on stories in 'Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'.

1999: Twelfth issue. Jeremy Brett featured on cover. 

2000: Thirteenth issue. All articles in issue focus on stories in 'Return of Sherlock Holmes'.

2001: Fourteenth and final issue. All articles in issue focus on stories in 'Hound of the Baskervilles'.

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The Musgrave Papers

This is a short post that might be edited into a longer post later on. I've written before that my favorite Sherlock society publication...