This rare antique magazine sold at auction for $170 in June, 2016
This edition of the Strand Magazine, dated January – June, 1893 is special in that it contains the six short story installments of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” series:
- The Adventures of the Cardboard Box
- Yellow Face
- Stockbrokers Clark
- Gloria Scott
- Musgrave Ritual
- Reigate Square
Before ever being published in book form, Doyle’s legendary “Sherlock Holmes” series was first printed here in The Strand Magazine with illustrations by Sidney Paget.
A monthly magazine in Britain, The Strand was composed of short fiction and general interest articles. Its original publication ran from January 1891 to March 1950, comprising 711 issues, many of which are highly collectible today.
