6 volumes. 9¼x6, publisher's pale blue pictorial cloth with title and decoration in gilt and black, floral patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. First Appearance of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

Bound volumes, each containing 6 months of "The Strand" with Sherlock Holmes making his first Strand appearance in Vol. II, with 6 of the tales; 6 more in Vol. III; another in Vol. IV; 6 in Vol. V; and 5 in Vol. 6. The stories are illustrated by Sidney Paget. Volume I contains Doyle's first contribution to The Strand, 'The Voice of Science'. Considerable other interesting content.