(Mark Twain) The Idler Magazine. / An Illustrated Monthly./ Vol I. / February to July 1892 (INCLUDING FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST SHERLOCK HOLMES PARODY, ROBERT BARR'S 'ADVENTURES OF SHERLAW KOMBS,' ALSO KNOWN AS 'THE GREAT PEGRAM MYSTERY,' AS WELL AS MARK TWAIN'S 'THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT' AND BRET HARTE'S 'THE CONSPIRACY OF MRS. BUNKER') Edited by Jerome K. Jerome & Robert Barr. Publisher: Chatto and Windus, London, (1892). Illustrations by George Hutchinson, Hal Hurst, Irving Montagu, Lascelels, and others. First Edition. Bound volume of the first six issues of Robert Barr's London-based monthly humor magazine. Binding is in very good condition, vellum spine with aging and some splitting at the gutter, but solidly bound. Boards are dark brown. Contents clean. 6 x 8 � inches. 724 pages. Index in front. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-164. Price: $300. Includes the first six installments of Mark Twain's "The American Claimant" (though not through the end -- illustrated by Hal Hurst); Bret Harte's "The Conspiracy of Mrs. Bunker" (complete -- illustrated by Geo. Hutchinson); Andrew Lang's "Enchanted Cigarettes" (illustrated by Lascelles); Conan Doyle's "Glamour of the Arctic" and "De Profundis"; interviews with Mark Twain and Bret Harte; and several pieces by Eden Philpotts, Seller Inventory # C-164

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Title: The Idler Magazine

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London

Publication Date: 1892

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition.

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