Wessex Press

10/09/2024

Wessex Press is accepting submissions for Night Shift Books, our imprint for the weird! Send your inquiries and submissions to: [email protected]

Night Shift Books (an imprint of Wessex Press) is accepting submissions.Horror. Science Fiction. Weird Tales. Ghost Stories.Send submissions to: publisher@we...

10/01/2024

Wessex Press is pleased to announce our new website!

After twenty years, it was time to upgrade both the look and functionality of our online store. Our new site gives us much greater flexibility to make updates, feature special offers, and provide enhanced order fulfillment.

The new www.WessexPress.com features all three of our Imprints:

WESSEX PRESS: We're rightly known for publishing Sherlockian titles. But occasionally we feature books of interest to our readers that aren’t strictly Sherlockian. These appear under the Wessex Press imprint.

GASOGENE BOOKS: It’s here that you will find the world’s finest catalog of Sherlockian titles, from the acclaimed traditional scholarship, Sherlock Holmes on Stage and Screen, Audio CDs, and even new Sherlock Holmes stories.

NIGHT SHIFT BOOKS: Weird tales. Paranormal occurrences. Science Fiction. That is the special attention of Night Shift Books!

THINGS TO KNOW:

This new site is smart phone and tablet friendly. It may be "always 1895" in our hearts, but it was time to leave behind the Internet of 1995...

We are now processing sales through Shopify Payments. This means we can accept all major credit cards, as well as Apple Pay, Google Pay and MetaPay

International sales are currently disabled. This feature of our site is still in the works. Shipping internationally has changed greatly since we started selling internationally nearly three decades ago. Not only has delivery become more uncertain, it is also more complicated to build into a website. We will make an announcement once this function is back in place.

Our shipping rates have changed. Wessex Press has not adjusted its shipping and handling rates in a decade, and these have now been adjusted to reflect current costs. We understand shipping is ridiculously expensive, but we want to assure our customers rates are reflect current postage and fulfillment costs, with nothing extra added. Wessex Press does not profit off of shipping.

So take a few moments and visit us at our new digs. We think you'll like what you see: www.WessexPress.com

The best books about Sherlock Holmes, and Arthur Conan Doyle from our Gasogene Books imprint. Our Night Shift imprint brings you Weird Tales, Science Fiction and accounts of the Paranormal. Wessex Press: "Publishers of Books We'd Like to Read."

08/16/2024

THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS ARE ON THE CASE!
Limited numbers of these classic mystery novels from the deep catalog of Wessex Press are still available! Join The Baker Street Irregulars in these fast-paced adventures. You will be on hand for murder amid Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds' radio drama, and travel on the legendary Twentieth Century Limited with high society, Hollywood stars, and murder!

The War of the Worlds Mystery
https://wessexpress.com/html/warworld.html

The Twentieth Century Limited Mystery
https://wessexpress.com/html/20th.html

06/22/2024

It’s hot outside! But it is cool and comfortable in your reading chair….a perfect time for Sherlockian essays by one of the greats! SHERLOCK HOLMES IMMORTAL DETECTIVE: SELECTED WRITINGS OF DONALD A REDMOND Vol. 1, a collection of the most entertaining and wide-ranging writings about the writings. Discover for yourself the variety of his wit and insight in this volume encompassing the first half of his writings.
https://wessexpress.com/html/ImmortalSleuth.html

06/06/2024

Summertime is underway….a perfect time for Sherlockian essays by one of the greats! BAKER STREET RAMBLES and BAKER STREET REVERIES, two collections of the most entertaining and wide-ranging writings about the writings. While away these summer days with Leslie S. Klinger, one of the leading scholars in the Sherlockian hobby!
https://wessexpress.com/html/rambles.html
https://wessexpress.com/html/newspaper.html

05/24/2024

Summertime is upon us….a perfect time to take on something a bit recherché. Let us reintroduce you to DREAMS OF FUTURE PAST: THE SCIENCE FICTION WORLDS OF ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE AND H.G. WELLS. Dinosaurs, alien invasion, time travel, fantastical technology...you name it! Let Dana Martin Batory be your guide through the strange, entangled works of two of the greatest authors of all time.
https://wessexpress.com/html/dreams.html

05/21/2024

Yes, Wessex Press has a record label!

VOICES FROM BAKER STREET was originally issued in 1961 as long-playing, 12-inch vinyl records. It was followed up four years later with Voices from Baker Street II. Within a few years they were out of print. in 1981, Voices from Baker Street was reissued with additional recordings, but it too is now a collector's item. But now, these historic recordings are available once again in a digitally remastered 2-CD set!

Through this amazing deposit of recordings, listeners are transported to an earlier age. You are there with the Giants of Sherlockian History. Starrett. Smith. Baring-Gould. Wolff. Rage. Rathbone. And many, many more. We hear the distant view-halloo. The Game is Afoot once more!

2-Disk Audio CD, Digitally Remastered with New Introductory Material, $18.95

https://wessexpress.com/html/vbs.html

05/17/2024

A STUDY IN CELLULOID
by Michael Cox
228 pp., photographs, soft-cover, $28.95
https://wessexpress.com/html/studyincelluloid.html

THE SHERLOCK HOLMES REVIEW:
2023 SHERLOCKIAN ANNUAL
https://wessexpress.com/html/SHR2023.html

04/24/2024

Forty years ago to the day the Granada Television Sherlock Holmes Series starring Jeremy Brett debuted. Celebrate this historic event along with THE SHERLOCK HOLMES REVIEW!
https://wessexpress.com/html/SHR2023.html

04/17/2024

Have you ordered your copy yet? THIS WORK OF STORYTELLING is by Glen and Cathy Miranker, who brought you the magnificent exhibition volume SHERLOCK HOLMES IN 221 OBJECTS. Sales are brisk! You can order your copy now at:
https://wessexpress.com/html/Miranker2.html

03/26/2024

If you can’t pick up the new titles from Wessex Press in person, get them from our website! Both the newest and our catalog is available at: www.wessexpress.com

03/11/2024

THIS WORK OF STORYTELLING:
Arthur Conan Doyle's Speech to the Author's Club
London, June 29, 1896
Facsimile, transcription, and commentary
by Cathy and Glen S. Miranker, editors

Not only does this volume provide a facsimile reproduction of one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s best speeches, it also features a stellar line-up of contributors, including:

Peggy Macfarlane Purdue and Cathy Miranker
"Clubbable Friends: Arthur Conan Doyle and Douglas Sladen"

Andrew Lycett
"Arthur Conan Doyle at the Author’s Club"

Daniel Stashower
"Better Things: Conan Doyle in 1896"

Michael A. Meer
"The Adventure of the Misplaced Inscription"

ADVANCE ORDERS ARE BEING TAKEN NOW!
SECURE YOUR COPY TODAY AT:
https://wessexpress.com/html/Miranker2.html

03/07/2024

ATTENTION! ACT NOW!
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!
Books will ship immediately upon publication.

THIS WORK OF STORY TELLING
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Speech to the Author’s Club
London, June 29, 1896
Facsimile, transcription, and commentary by
Cathy and Glen S. Miranker, editors
62 pages, casebound, dust jacket, color illustrations
$60.00

Delve into one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s best speeches…yet one little known in its entirety. This 62-page, hardbound, limited edition in dust jacket features 10 color illustrations, including items reproduced for the first time.
By special arrangement,
available exclusively from

03/05/2024

AVAILABLE SOON FOR PRE-ORDER!
Books will ship immediately upon publication.

THIS WORK OF STORY TELLING
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Speech to the Author’s Club
London, June 29, 1896

Facsimile, transcription, and commentary by
Cathy and Glen S. Miranker, editors

62 pages, casebound, dust jacket, color illustrations
$60.00

Delve into one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s best speeches…yet one little known in its entirety. This 62-page, hardbound, limited edition in dust jacket features 10 color illustrations, including items reproduced for the first time.

By special arrangement,
available exclusively from
www.WessexPress.com

01/18/2024

NOW AVAILABLE!
SHERLOCK HOLMES: IMMORTAL SLEUTH
SELECTED WRITINGS OF DONALD REDMOND
Edited by Christopher Redmond
$28.95
Order now at:
www.wessexpress.com

Legendary Sherlockian Donald Redmond’s career spanned some fifty years of Sherlockian activity, earning him membership in The Baker Street Irregulars, as well as the society’s Two­ Shilling Award. As a Canadian, he was an early member of the Bootmakers of Toronto, and was one of the first four recipients of the Master Bootmaker honor. He was a prolific author and scholar whose work spanned decades. Discover for yourself the variety of his wit and insight in this volume encompassing the first half of his writings.

“Donald A. Redmond was one of the great Sherlockians of his generation. To have his previously uncollected works together in this volume is a real treasure.”
—Dan Andriacco, Editor, The Baker Street Journal

01/18/2024

What Books Should Be in Your Sherlockian Library?

CANONICAL CORNERSTONES
FOUNDATIONAL BOOKS OF A SHERLOCKIAN LIBRARY
Edited by Peter Eckrich and Rob Nunn

125 pp., soft cover, $24.95
Order now at:
www.Wessex Press

“What Books Should Be in a Sherlockian Library?”
Just as 221B had 17 steps to reach Sherlock Holmes’ flat, here you will find 17 books that we consider steps to building a Sherlockian collection. Between these covers you will find impassioned recommendations from writers on both sides of the pond on important and interesting books to read. Each essay has its own unique voice from the varied backgrounds of the contributors. This volume will introduce newer Sherlockians to classic works, and will remind seasoned devotées of notable titles to revisit and perhaps reappraise.

Canonical Cornerstones isn’t just fun to read: If you’re new to the “Writings about the Writings,” it will also save you a lot of time.…This wide-ranging anthology merely lays down the cement footer upon which an entire library can be built.
—Michael Dirda

01/18/2024

SHR Celebrates 40 Years of Granada’s Sherlock Holmes!

THE SHERLOCK HOLMES REVIEW
2023 SHERLOCKIAN ANNUAL
In this new edition, SHERLOCK HOLMES REVIEW is celebrating the forty-year anniversary of Granada Television’s landmark series THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. But that's not all! You will also find outstanding articles spanning the full array of the Sherlockian Universe: Classic Sherlockian scholarship; humor; historical profiles and history; book reviews; collecting; and of course, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the screen…something for everyone!

84 pp., illustrated, soft cover, $26.95
Order today at:
www.WessexPress.com

12/13/2023

Doug Elliott and Roy Pilot have meticulously annotated every obscure term or interesting detail, drawing together a rich assortment of historical illustrations. Every obscure instrument of war or ancient artifact is depicted, along with color illustrations of the heraldry and costuming. Rounding out this definitive edition are the beautiful color illustrations by N. C. Wyeth and a Foreword by author and film-maker Nicholas Meyer. The Annotated White Company is a landmark work that reintroduces this neglected classic to a new generation.

"What a terrific work of scholarship!"
- Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World

Available exclusively at www.wessexpress.com