The Adventures of Picklock Holes

A smart copy of this illustrated humorous tale from English writer Rudolph Chambers Lehmann, the first edition in this form. First thus, originally printed in Punch in 1893. Illustrated with eleven plates. Collated complete. Perhaps the first series of Sherlock Holmes parodies, originally published in Punch from August until early November 1894, here collected as a book. Written by Rudolph Chambers Lehmann, an English writer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons. He was best known as a major contributor to Punch as well as founding editor of Granta magazine. Illustrated by Edward Tennyson Reed, an English political cartoonist and illustrator, primarily known for his cartoons in Punch Magazine, and Edward J. Wheeler, a British artist and illustrator. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with small splits in the cloth to the head and tail. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Good. …