The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes WITH The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [in] The Strand Magazine. Vol II – VI July 1891 – December 1893.

The Strand Magazine Vol II – VI.

The Title for Vol II reads as follows:

The Strand Magazine. An Illustrated Monthly. Edited by Geo. Newnes. Vol II. July to December. London: Burleigh Street, Strand. 1891.

Contained within Vol II & III

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [in] The Strand Magazine. Vol II, III [July 1891 – June 1892.] [With Illustrations by Sidney Paget.]

First Editions and the First Appearance in Print of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

The twelve fantastic tales comprise: A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red-Headed League; A Case of Identity; The Boscombe Valley Mystery; The Five Orange Pips; The Man with the Twisted Lip; The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle; The Adventure of the Speckled Band; The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb; The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor; The Adventure of the Beryle Coronet; and The Adventure of the Coppers Beeches.

Contained with Vol IV – VI.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [in] The Strand Magazine. Vols. IV, V, VI. [July 1892 – December 1893.]. [With Illustrations by Sidney Paget.]

First Editions and first appearance in print of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The twelve immortal tales comprise: Silver Blaze; The Cardboard Box; The Yellow Face; The Stockbroker’s Clerk; The Gloria Scott; The Musgrave Ritual; The Reigate Squires; The Crooked Man; The Resident Patient; The Greek Interpreter; The Naval Treaty; The Final Problem.

The Memoirs were collected in book form in December 1893, excepting ‘The Cardboard Box’ which was not so published until ‘His Last Bow’ in 1917. Several of Paget’s iconic illustrations were omitted from the book version, and those for ‘The Cardboard Box’ were never reprinted.