The Strand Magazine An Illustrated Monthly. Volumes I – XII. Edited by George Newnes. 1891 – 1896 – London – George Newnes Ltd. 9.5″ by 7″. The first twelve volumes of. With numerous black and white illustrations and photographs. These twelve volumes contain all the Sherlock Holmes stories that make up both the later published. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. And the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. These adventures were first published in. With illustrations by Sidney Paget. With the serialisation of Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, sales reached their peak. Readers lined up outside the magazine’s offices, waiting to get the next instalment. Was a monthly magazine composed of fictional stories and factual articles founded by George Newnes. It was first published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950 running to 711 issues, though the first issue was on sale well before Christmas 1890. Its immediate popularity is evidenced by an initial sale of nearly 300,000. Sales increased in the early months, before settling down to a circulation of almost 500,000 copies a month which lasted well into the 1930s. Features included in these volumes include. Queen Victoria’s Dolls, Types of English Beauty, The Handwriting of Charles Dickens, Dinner at the Zoo, The Handwriting of John Ruskin. Other contributors to the magazine have included P. Wodehouse, Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, E. Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling, Dorothy L. Wells, Edgar Wallace, Dornford Yates and even Winston Churchill. Once a sketch drawn by Queen Victoria of one of her children appeared with her permission. The magazine’s iconic cover, an illustration looking eastwards down London’s Strand towards St Mary-le-Strand, with the title suspended on telegraph wires, was the work of Victorian artist and designer George Charles Haité. Sir George Newnes, 1st Baronet (1851 – 1910) was a publisher and editor in England. Arguably his best known publication was. Begun in 1891, in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was first able to publish his. In illustrated cloth bindings. Externally, generally smart but with slight wear to extremities, slight rubbing and the occasional mark and stain to boards and slight cockling to some spines. With a few hinges tender and six slightly strained. The endpapers did their job well and protected the books really well from internal foxing, which is therefore rare and only light. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places to some volumes. Overall: VERY GOOD AS PICTURED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS. (no agents or couriers) from me in Bexleyheath DA75QH. Able to take advantage of a 5% discount for paying with cash. But you will need to text me to arrange 07 808 150 065 as. Many thanks for your interest. The item “Sherlock Holmes 1st Edition Strand Magazines 12 VOLS 1891-1896 BRIGHT GOLD FINE” is in sale since Friday, May 26, 2017. This item is in the category “Business, Office & Industrial\Printing & Graphic Arts\Other Printing & Graphic Arts”. The seller is “film_buff_mac_duff” and is located in Greater London. This item can be shipped worldwide.