Publication: George Newnes, Limited, 1894, London
First edition, first state. Dark blue cloth, black illustration of The Strand Library on the front cover, titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover and spine, all edges gold gilt, frontispiece (The Death of Sherlock Holmes), [6], 279 pp., illustrated. Housed in a cloth slipcase with leather label on the spine and titles stamped in gold gilt. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Brief non-authorial inscription on front fly leaf, front and rear covers have been professionally reinforced, which makes for a nice, tight, square copy. Contains eleven stories beginning with Silver Blaze and ending with The Final Problem. A very good copy.
Inventory Number: 36739