Newnes, George [editor]; Conan Doyle, A.; Haité, George Charles [illustrator]

THE STRAND MAGAZINE: AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY [FOUR VOLUMES]

London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1892/1893/1894. First Editions, First Printings. Octavo, 4 volumes; G+; full teal cloth bindings over beveled boards with black illustration to front covers and black and gilt titling and decoration to spines; some shelfwear to covers, including rubbing, chipping to heads and tails of spines, and small closed tears to the spine of volume VI; textblocks generally clean, with black top edge dye and red speckling to fore and bottom edges; textblocks of volumes V and VI are somewhat loose; ink names of former owners to front pastedowns, front and rear endpapers split to expose webbing in volume V, small tears to front endpaper hinge, stain to front endpaper, and adhesive along entire rear endpaper hinge of volume VI, front and rear endpapers split with exposed binding twine of volume VII; light foxing throughout all volumes; black and white illustrations throughout all volumes; textblock splits to volume V at spreads 126-7, 170-1, 216-7, 340-1, 362-3, 394-5, 402-3, 432-3, 442-3, 502-3, 540-1, 562-3, and 566-7, to volume VI at spreads 162-3, 366-7, 386-7, 518-9, 558-9, 562-3, 614-5, and 646-7, and to volume VII at spreads 290-1 and 400-1; interior open tear to volume V at page 543 and partially closed tear to volume V from page 497 through 544; page 496 of volume V misprinted as 495; shelved above Aviation/WWI.

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Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $400

NOTES

First edition in bound book form, as the original was published as a monthly magazine. This set contains volumes IV, V, VI, and VII.

"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" were originally published serially in "The Strand" starting in 1891. The volumes in this set contain, among others, "The Adventure of the Final Problem." Volume IV also contains the first English translation of Jules Verne's short horror story "Frritt-Flacc" as "Dr. Trifulgas."