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[Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. 12 volumes. Large octavo (25 x 17 x 50cm). Illustrated throughout. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes. In contemporary green half calf, with gilt titles to red labels, gilt and blind ruling to spines, and matching textured cloth over boards. All edges speckled red, with light orange endpapers. Nice clean copies internally, with moderate general wear and scuffing to bindings. Spines sunned. Very good. Contains the first appearance of the above mentioned Sherlock Holmes stories, plus 'The Adventure of the Cardboard Box' (volume V, 1893) which was not published in book form until 'His Last Bow' (1917). Several of these Holmes stories feature far more illustrations (notably by Sidney Paget) than in book form, and in some (such as 'Cardboard Box ') the illustrations are exclusive to 'The Strand'. Doyle also contributes the historical caper 'The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard' (volumes VIII, IX and X), and 'Rodney Stone' (volumes XI and XII). In addition, the set includes science fiction from Jules Verne; 'Dr Trifulgas' (volume IV, 1893), and 'An Express of the Future' (volume X, 1895). Volumes VII-VIII feature the entire first series of cases for the consulting detective Martin Hewitt; probably the chief rival of Sherlock Holmesâ€"indeed Morrison's ingenious crime stories were commissioned by 'The Strand' entirely due to an appetite for Doyle imitations. A superb literary magazine set.