Lot 44 , The Strand Magazine. Volumes I-VI, 1891-93, including the first appearances of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. (6)

° The Strand Magazine. Volumes I-VI, 1891-93, including the first appearances of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. (6) London: George Newnes, 1891–93, comprising January 1891 to December 1893, extensively illustrated throughout. Vol. II containing “A Scandal in Bohemia”, the first Sherlock Holmes short story published in The Strand, commencing p. 61, with further Holmes stories by Conan Doyle across the run. Vol. III with frontispiece “Mr. Rider Haggard and the Wild Horses”. Uniform half green leather over marbled boards, raised bands, red lettering-pieces and gilt dates to spines.

Condition: Bindings with slight rubbing, fading and some marks to spines. Minor intermittent spotting throughout; contents otherwise generally clean. Complete as bound.
£200-400

Condition:
I Jan–Jun 1891 “The Voice of Science” (March 1891), illustrated by Walter S. Stacey II Jul–Dec 1891 6 Sherlock Holmes stories — 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 III Jan–Jun 1892 6 Sherlock Holmes stories — The Blue Carbuncle, The Speckled Band, The Engineer's Thumb, The Noble Bachelor, The Beryl Coronet, The Copper Beeches IV Jul–Dec 1892 “The Adventure of Silver Blaze” (December 1892), plus Doyle material V Jan–Jun 1893 6 Holmes stories from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes VI Jul–Dec 1893 6 Holmes stories from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes