The Strand Magazine Vol. 37, 1909 - January to June

original publishers blue cloth binding with black and gold lettering and decoration with the strand street scene on the front board. All edges gilt. Six monthly issues bound in one volume.iv, 768 pages. Bound with title page and volume index. 6.75 x 9.5 inches. Some of the stories and articles in this volume are: Bendy's Sermon by Arthur Conan Doyle, My Reminiscences. By Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.(10 pages. Illustrated); The Experiences of a Conjurer. By Horace Goldin.(5 pages. Illustrated); Crime and the Crystal: has crystal-gazing a scientific basis? By F.A.H.Eyles.(8 pages. Illustrated by A.Pearse); Mountaineering Tragedies. By Edward Whymper.(8 pages. Illustrated); Sir W. S. Gilbert as an artist; rugby football; japanese sand pictures; spirit-drawings: what is their scientific explanation? Also included are writings by the following authors: W. W. Jacobs (3 works); J.J.Ward; E.Phillips Oppenheim; E. Nesbit: Hardings Luck (the first five parts). Illustrations throughout with photographs plus the work of well known artists of the day such as Lionel Edwards, Harry Furniss, Warwick Goble, W.S. Gilbert, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, J.A.Shepherd, H.R.Millar, Will Owen and others etc.Very good copy.The binding is sound and solid with firm inner hinges.Bright gilt, No splitting to the endpapers.School prize bookplate dated 1910 on the front pastedown,Inside all vey clean and unmarked throughout, all complete and in good order.…