Title: The Man with the Watches

Title: The Man with the Watches Title Record # 603233
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1898-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Series: Round the Fire
Series Number: 2
Language: English

Note:

Non-speculative detective story.
Originally printed in the July 1898 issue of the Strand Magazine.
According to literary historian Leslie S. Klinger, in his anthology In The Shadow of Sherlock Holmes, the mysterious unnamed detective in this story may be either Sherlock Holmes or his brother Mycroft.

Synopsis: "A body of a young man has been found in a train compartment. Having been shot with a pistol, he turns out to have had neither identification papers nor even a ticket. Instead, during the examination of his personal effects the police find six expensive gold watches. All the people who shared the compartment with him have disappeared and cannot be found anywhere..." (publisher's blurb)

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Year	Title
1898	The Story of the Man with the Watches [as by A. Conan Doyle]
1925	The Man with the Watches [as by A. Conan Doyle]
1978	The Man with the Watches [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]

Year	Language	Title
1911^ⓘTranslated by Louis Labat, first in Arthur Conan Doyle's collection Du mystérieux au tragique, Pierre Lafitte, 1911.	French	L'homme aux six montres
1973^ⓘTranslated by Paola Forti	Italian	L'uomo dagli orologi [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
1981	Portuguese	O Homem dos Relógios

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Strand Magazine, July 1898	1898-07-00	ed. Editors of The Strand Magazine, H. Greenhough Smith	George Newnes		-/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	120	octavo^?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Round the Fire Stories	1908-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	The McClure Company			3+ 356	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Round the Fire Stories	1908-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Smith, Elder & Co.		6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	382	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of Terror and Mystery	1922-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray		2/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	310	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Black Doctor and Other Tales of Terror and Mystery	1925-00-00	A. Conan Doyle	George H. Doran (The Conan Doyle Stories #3)		$0.90^?$: US dollar	v+ 279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1929-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray		20/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1939-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1940-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1945-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1949-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray		7/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1951-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1956-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Conan Doyle Stories	1960-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	John Murray			xii+ 1201	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
I racconti del terrore e del mistero	1973-01-30	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Mondadori (Oscar #438)	10648-4	Lit 750^?Lit: Italian lira	186	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Karel Thole
Tales of Terror and Mystery	1978-00-00	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Pan Books	0-330-25285-2		218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Alan Lee
Tales of Terror and Mystery	1979-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Penguin Books	0-14-004878-2	£^?£: UK pound	224	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
O Enigma do Trem Perdido	1981-00-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Francisco Alves (Mestres do horror e da fantasia #2)			170	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Le train perdu	1982-03-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	10/18^?Dix/Dix-huit (L'aventure insensée #1482)	2-264-00425-8		230+ [9]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jim Harter
Round the Fire Stories	1991-05-00	Arthur Conan Doyle	Chronicle Books	0-87701-883-9	$9.95^?$: US dollar	226	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Alex Laurant
Tales of Terror and Mystery	1996-05-01	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Project Gutenberg	537	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
In the Shadow of Sherlock Holmes: Classic Detective Fiction 1862-1910	2011-12-00	ed. Leslie S. Klinger	IDW Publishing	978-1-61377-113-6	$16.99^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 350	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Michael Manomivibul
Tales of Terror and Mystery	2013-04-08	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Serenity Publishers (Detective & Mystery Series)	978-1-61242-842-0	$7.99^?$: US dollar	166	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Round the Fire Stories	2015-12-22	Arthur Conan Doyle	MysteriousPress.com / Open Road	978-1-4804-5343-2	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Round the Fire Stories	2017-02-04	Arthur Conan Doyle	Project Gutenberg	54109	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Tales of Terror and Mystery	2020-01-06	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Bibliotech Press	978-1-61895-831-0	$19.95^?$: US dollar	176	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll

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