Contribute [to THE STRAND MAGAZINE]; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Volumes I to VI.

DOYLE, Arthur Conan; VERNE, Jules, and others

London: George Newnes, 1891-1893. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six volumes. Large octavo (24 x 18 x 25cm). Illustrated throughout. Original half-yearly volumes, recently re-bound in tan half calf, with gilt titles and decoration to spines, marbled paper over boards and all edges speckled red. Moderate spotting throughout. An attractive set in a robust recent leather binding. Contains the first appearance of all the above mentioned Sherlock Holmes stories, plus 'The Adventure of the Cardboard Box' (vol.5, 1893) which was not published in book form until 'His Last Bow' (1917). Several of these Holmes stories feature far more illustrations (notably by Sidney Paget) than in book form, and in some (such as 'Cardboard Box ') the illustrations are exclusive to 'The Strand'. The set also includes 'Dr Trifulgas', a scientific romance by Jules Verne; (vol 4, 1893). A superb literary magazine. Item #47967

DeWaal. Green and Gibson [A10a], [A14a]. Harold Locke p.13-18. Graham Greene and Dorothy Glover; Victorian Detective Fiction [128],[129], [425a], (1966). Hardwicke; Complete Guide to Sherlock Holmes (1986). See also Haining (Crime Fiction), Cooper & Pike (Detective Fiction), Steinbrunner & Penzler (Mystery & Detection), Quayle (Det.Fiction), Haycraft (Murder for Pleasure) Queen's Quorum. BMC No.271, 'The Great Illustrators'. BMC No.261, p62-73 'Collecting The Strand'.

Price: £675.00