Author: DOYLE Sir Arthur Conan
Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. XXI: The Resident Patient. [THIS ADVENTURE ONLY]. [Illustrated by Sidney Paget. From The Strand Magazine, Vol. VI, August 1893.] FIRST APPEARANCE OF HOLMES IN THE STRAND: THE RESIDENT PATIENT
Description: [Strand Magazine],, [1893]. 8vo., First Edition,with illustrations in the text; 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. VI, August 1893, complete with Paget's iconic illustrations. Chronologically the ninth of the second series of twelve Homes short stories, but the eighth when the tales were collected as the 'Memoirs' (1894 [1893]) due to the omission of 'The Cardboard Box' at Doyle's request. In book form the text was expanded to include Holmes' famous thought-reading episode from 'The Cardboard Box'. De Waal 228; Green & Gibson A14.viii.

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