The Strand Magazine- An Illustrated Monthly; Vol XVI July to December 1898
Wells, H G & Carroll, Lewis, Doyle, Conan A, et al

Book Description: London: Geo. Newnes Limited, 1898. Decorative Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. THE STRAND MAGAZINE: Vol. XVI, July to December 1898; First edition. Bound in the original hardcover blue bevelled and illustrated boards,well worn to the edges and corners. A number of pages detached with chipping to the edges, with the block in 2 pieces as the inner hinge completely cracked as shown. 804pp. B/w illustrations. Plain endpapers. This volumes' contents include Conan Doyle's Round the Fire + 5 other stories by him and an article on "The Boyhood of Lewis Carroll" who had died earlier on in this year. It deals with his early work, before he became famous for writing " Alice in Wonderland", and is illustrated with a number of his original manuscripts and drawings, short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, a story by the Invisible man author H G Wells titled Mr Leadbetter's Vacation and E W Hornung (Famous for his Raffles stories) writes The Larrakin of Diamond Creek and numerous other authors including W W Jacobs L T Meade. Contains the first appearance of Doyle's 'Round the Fire' stories II-VII. No. II is 'The Story of the Man with the Watches' (illustrated by Frank Craig); No. III is 'The Story of the Lost Special' (illustrated by Max Cowper). These two stories are widely recognised by Holmesians as the two most important 'lost' Holmes adventures. Both stories feature an unnamed amateur reasoner clearly intended by Doyle to be identified by his readers as Holmes himself. These two tales and their fellows were collected and published as 'Round the Fire Stories' in 1908. Weight in excess of 1.7kg when packed.  SOLD WITH ALL FAULTS (WAF) NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN

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