Author: DOYLE Sir Arthur Conan
Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. XV: The Yellow Face. [THIS ADVENTURE ONLY]. [Illustrated by Sidney Paget. From The Strand Magazine, Vol. V, February 1893.] FIRST APPEARANCE OF HOLMES IN THE STRAND: THE YELLOW FACE
Description: [Strand Magazine],, [1893]. 8vo., First Edition,with illustrations in the text, recto of first leaf (not part of the story) lightly scarred; attractively bound in full blue buckram, upper board with printed paper label, a near fine copy. FIRST APPEARANCE OF HOLMES IN THE STRAND. Original serial publication from The Strand Magazine, Vol. V, February 1893, complete with Paget's iconic illustrations. Chronologically the third of the second series of twelve Homes short stories, but the second when the tales were collected as the 'Memoirs' (1894 [1893]) due to the omission of 'The Cardboard Box' at Doyle's request. De Waal 518; Green & Gibson A14.ii.

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