![]() ![]() Geared to the English Victorian middle class, the success of the Strand was intertwined with the writing of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and P.G.Wodehouse. George Newnes' Strand Magazine (January 1891-March 1950) was the most popular and important British periodical of its time. Whilst the hardbound six-monthly volumes survive comparatively well, these fragile single issues were not intended to be kept for posterity and are scarce moreover, complete serials of Holmes title such as this are very rarely encountered. Very good, with some usual edge wear to fragile covers, a few small chips, some spine roll. The serial parts of this novel are illustrated throughout - the first edition in book form featured only a solitary frontispiece illustration. The first issue features a colour portrait of Holmes and a full page colour frontispiece of the great detective illustrated by Frank Wiles. 9.5 x 6.5 inches with pictorial covers, illustrated throughout. These issues contain the FIRST APPEARANCE of the fourth full-length Holmes adventure in its entirety. ![]()
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