Title
A Study in Scarlet
Coverage
London
Publisher
Ward, Lock & Co.
Date
1887
Subject
First appearance
Description
The Great Detective made his first appearance in a magazine of miscellany titled Beeton’s Christmas Annual, now incredibly scarce: just 34 copies are known, only 13 are in private hands, and only 11 are complete. My copy includes the original title page and complete story; the wrappers and one gathering of ads are in facsimile. Conan Doyle struggled to get the novel published, eventually ceding his copyright to the publisher to do so.
Source
Beeton’s Christmas Annual