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187. DOYLE, Arthur Conan SHERLOCK HOLMES IN THE STRAND MAGAZINE Comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, The Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (His Last Bow) & The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes George Newnes Ltd., 1891-1927. Twenty-three volumes. All bound in publisher’s original picto- rial blue cloth with gilt blocked titles on the spine. Illustrated in black and white throughout, with some colour pates to later vol- umes. Generally in very good condition, mostly quite bright with repairs to the spine of volumes 4 and 46, volume 2 lacking front free endpaper, some volumes worn to the spine and a couple of volumes with tender hinges. [46509] £6,000 A complete collection of all the Sherlock Holmes stories to be published in The Strand Magazine, comprising the first UK appearances of all 56 short stories and the serialisation of the final two novels, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Valley of Fear, all preceding any book form edition. Having been approached for contributions from the magazine’s inception, Doyle later wrote, “Considering these various journals with their disconnected stories it had struck me that a single character run- ning through a series, if it only engaged the attention of the reader, would bind that reader to that particular magazine… Looking around for my central character, I felt that Sherlock Holmes, who I had already handled in two little books, would easily lend himself to a succession of short stories.” - Doyle (Memories and Adventures). The previous full length Sherlock Holmes books had been quietly successful, but it was the monthly short stories in The Strand, which transported Sherlock Holmes from niche interest to household name.
185. DAVENPORT, Basil [Edi- tor] TALES TO BE TOLD IN THE DARK A Selection of Stories from the Great Authors, arranged for Reading and Telling Aloud Faber & Faber, 1953. First edition. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles to spine. In original pictorial dustwrapper A very good copy indeed with minor wear to the head of the spine, and foxing to the top edge, in a very good dust- wrapper indeed with minor wear to the edges and tanning to the spine.
[46392] £75 A collection of 13 short stories of the supernatural and macabre by var- ious authors, including Saki, W.F. Harvey, Lord Dunsany and Arthur Machen. 186. DOYLE, Arthur Conan HIS LAST BOW Some Reminiscenc- es of Sherlock Holmes Murray, 1917. First edition. Original red cloth with gilt lettering. A very good copy indeed, crisp with a faded spine and dulled spine lettering. [46061] £650
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