Arthur Conan Doyle
The Strand Magazine
SHERLOCK HOLMES
First Appearances
6 Volumes

George Newnes 1891 1892 1893

Arthur Conan Doyle (and others)

THE STRAND MAGAZINE

London: George Newnes, 1891/1892/1893.

First appearance of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, beginning in Volume II with 'A Scandal in Bohemia'.

Also featuring works from authors such as Jules Verne, H.Rider Haggard Alexander, Alexander Dumas, Rudyard Kipling, George Sand, Guy De Maupassant, Fridtjof Nansen, etc.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes stories, the first time in print,  including:

A Scandal in Bohemia
The Red-Headed League
A Case of Identity
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
The Five Orange Pips
The Man With the Twisted Lip
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
The Adventure of the Silver Blaze
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
The Adventure of the Yellow Face
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
The Adventure of 'Gloria Scott'
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
The Adventure of the Crooked Man
The Adventure of the Resident Patient
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
The Adventure of the Final Problem

Volumes measure 93/4 x 71/8 inches

Volume I (January-June, 1891): [2 blank end leaves]+[3-662]+[2 blank end leaves].  

Note that this is the only volume that does not contain Sherlock Holmes...He would make his 1st appearance in the next volume.

Condition is good. This volume showing the worst of the wear of any of the volumes. Exteriors show fading, minor soiling, rubbing with the volume slightly cocked to the right.

Appears to be lacking pages 1 and 2, and possibly the title leaf, front hinge cracked but solid...Otherwise complete and tight. Approximately first 30 pages show some degree of wear with a faint stain to the outer edge of page 30, first 15 pages having wear and chipping to outer page edges, pages 650-661 have some staining to upper hinge area of the pages with worst of the staining affecting pages from 656-661. Otherwise pages are generally in very good condition with occasional soiling, staining and foxing throughout.

Volume II (July-December 1891): [1 blank end leaf]+[2 leaves half title + title]+[1-670]+[1 end leaf]. Complete.

Overall very good with this volume having a different but contemporary binding. Exteriors show light wear and bumping. Interior pages are clean.

Volume III (January-June 1892): [1 blank end leaf]+[2 leaves half title + title]+[1-660]+[1 end leaf]. Complete.

Overall very good. Exteriors show light wear and bumping. Interior pages are clean, save for a few smudges and occasional light foxing particularly to preliminaries, front hinge cracked but binding tight.

Volume IV (July-December 1892): [1 blank end leaf]+[1 leaf title]+[1-684]+[1 end leaf]. Complete. 

Condition is very good with closed 2" tear to edge of leaf 227/228 , occasional minor foxing particularly to preliminaries, dent to outer edge of front and back covers.

Volume V (January-June 1893): [1 blank end leaf]+[1 leaf title]+[1-652]+[1 end leaf]. Complete.

Overall very good. Exteriors show light wear and bumping. Interior pages are clean, save for a few smudges and occasional light foxing particularly to preliminaries, inner front hinge cracked but binding is tight.

Volume VI (July-December 1893): [1 blank end leaf]+[1 leaf title]+[1-724]+[1 end leaf]. Complete.

Overall very good. Exteriors show light wear and bumping. Interior pages are clean, save for a few smudges and occasional light foxing particularly to preliminaries, front hinge cracked but binding tight.

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