The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (1974)

The 1974 hardcover edition of Philip Jose Farmer's Holmes-Tarzan mashup, The Adventure of the Peerless Peer. Published as a Dell paperback in 1976.

The "Peerless Peer" of the title is none other than Lord Greystroke, the jungle-born scion of a noble English family, a duke in Britain, but in his larger estate of Central Africa, a king. The time is 1916, at the height of the Great War. The foreign office learns that a deadly formula has been stolen from the allies by Sherlock Holmes's old foe, the German agent, Von Bork. Sherlock Holmes & Watson are called to travel to Africa to retrieve the formula. A meandering adventure story by Philip Jose Farmer, a three time Hugo award winner.

Title: The Adventure of the Peerless Peer

Author: Philip Jose Farmer

Year: 1974

Publisher: Aspen Press

Purchase: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk

The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (1976)

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet Tarzan? Sure, why not? It certainly makes for sensational cover art. The Adventure of the Peerless Peer was first published in hardcover by Aspen Press in 1974. This is the 1976 Dell paperback.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST DETECTIVE'S

MOST PERILOUS MISSION!

WHEREIN:

Holmes and Watson take to the skies in quest of the nefarious Von Bork and his weapon of dread––a night sky aerial engagement with the deadly Fokker nearly claims three brilliant lives––the astonishing careers of the two American air aces are illuminated––and an historic alliance is formed, whereby Baker Street's enigmatic mystery-solver and Greystoke, the Noble Savage, Peer of the Realm and Lord of the Jungle, team up to bring down the Hellish Hun!

Title: The Adventure of the Peerless Peer

Author: Philip Jose Farmer

Year: 1976 (first published 1974)

Publisher: Dell

Purchase: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk

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