THE STRAND MAGAZINE: AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY [EIGHT VOLUMES]

London: George Newnes, Ltd, 1891/1892/1893/1894/1896/1897. First Editions, First Printings. Hardcover. Octavo, 8 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 and small frayed tears to heads and tails of spines, and significant spine discoloration to volumes III and XI; textblocks clean, volumes VIII and XI all edges gilt, all other volumes faded black top edge dye with red speckling to fore and bottom edges; heavy offset to ffep and rfep of volumes I and XIII, partial endpaper splits to expose webbing in volumes I, IV, V, and VI, small open tear at fore edge of ffep in volume XI; light foxing throughout all volumes; black and white illustrations throughout all volumes; textblock splits to volume I at spreads 130-1, 142-3, 270-1, and 394-5, to volume III at spreads 190-1, 202-3, and 426-7, to volume IV at spreads 18-9, 110-1, 194-5, 206-7, 220-3, 322-3, 342-3, 442-3, 450-1, 454-5, 464-5, 502-3, 530-1, to volume V at spreads 282-3 and 288-9, to volume VI at spreads 290-1, 296-7, 458-9, and 562-3, to volume VII at spread 444-5, to volume XI at spreads 122-3, 250-1, 262-3, 474-5, 480-1, 578-9, and to volume XIII at spreads 166-7, 430-1, 450-1, 454-5, 572-3, 594-5, and 602-3; paper manufacturing error and subsequent printing error at page 463 of volume I; shelved above Civil War. First edition in bound book form, as the original was published as a monthly magazine. This set contains volumes I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, XI, and XIII.




"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 Blue Carbuncle," "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box," and "The Adventure of the Final Problem." Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock works published in "The Strand" include "The Voices of Science" in Volume I and "The Tragedy of the Korosko" in Volume XIII.




Volume III contains the first publication of Rudyard Kipling's short story "The Lost Legion." Volume IV contains the first English translation of Jules Verne's short horror story "Frritt-Flacc" as "Dr. Trifulgas." 1364387. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.