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Manuscripts
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Here is a list of known manuscripts written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The list is limited to his works (fictions, articles, essays, poems). For other handwritten items, see Dedicaces, Letters, drawings and paintings and other writings.
Alphabetical order.
A Day at Borstal (1921)
Infos
Manuscript
Admiral Denver
Infos
A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus (1899)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.11.2003 |
Christie's (London) |
6853 |
49 |
£30,000 - £40,000 |
£30,000 |
£35,850
|
Manuscript
A Forgotten Tale
Infos
A Glimpse of the Army (1900)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.11.2003 |
Christie's (London) |
6853 |
50 |
£3,000 - £5,000 |
£3,500 |
£4,182.50
|
An Alpine Pass on "Ski"
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
76 |
£2,000 - £3,000 |
£5,500 |
£6,572
|
Manuscript
A Regimental Scandal
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
26-27.03.1934 |
Sotheby's |
48 |
|
|
£20 |
|
22.03.1966 |
Parke-Bernet (NY) |
184 |
|
|
$600 |
Bought by Adrian Conan Doyle
|
29.05.1986 |
Christies (London) |
192 |
|
|
|
|
Manuscript
An essay On the Intemperance of our Country
Infos
Angels of Darkness (1889-1890)
Infos
Angels of Darkness |
Play |
Written 1889-1890 |
5 booklets |
Hold by Toronto Public Library (1992~)
|
An Iconoclast
Infos
An Iconoclast |
Short story |
Undated |
9 pages |
Hold by Haverford College (PA, USA)
|
An Impression of the Regency
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
18 |
£1,500 - £2,000 |
£1,500 |
£1,792 [1]
|
A Scandal in Bohemia
Infos
Manuscript
A Shadow Before (1898)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
30.01.1923 |
American Art Assoc. (New York) |
|
240 |
|
|
|
22.03.1966 |
Parke-Bernet (New York) |
|
180 |
|
|
|
10.12.1993 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
|
315 |
|
$3,250 |
$3,738
|
12.06.2019 |
Christie's (New York) |
17037 |
171 |
$8,000 - $10,000 |
$11,000 |
$13,750
|
Manuscript
A Study in Scarlet
Infos
Manuscript
A Synopsis of Geology
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
87 |
£1,000 - £1,500 |
£1,100 |
£1,314 [2]
|
Bendy's Sermon
Infos
Manuscript
Brigadier Gerard at Waterloo
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.11.2003 |
Christie's (London) |
6853 |
51 |
£30,000 - £50,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
28.03.2006 |
Bonham's (London) |
13809 |
70 |
£15,000 - £20,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
Manuscript
Crabbe's Practice (ca. 1884)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
10 |
£3,000 - £5,000 |
£5,000 |
£5,975
|
Danger! (1914)
Infos
Foreign Policy (1892)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
39 |
£8,000 - £12,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
Giant Maximin
Infos
His Last Bow (1917)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.06.2008 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
8455 |
50 [3] |
$150,000 - $250,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
Manuscript
How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.11.2003 |
Christie's (London) |
6853 |
52 |
£15,000 - £20,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
28.03.2006 |
Bonham's (London) |
13809 |
71 |
£8,000 - £12,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
Manuscript
How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom
Infos
How the Brigadier Captured Saragossa
Infos
How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom (1895)
Infos
How the Brigadier Rode to Minsk
Infos
How the Brigadier Saved the Army
Infos
How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio
Infos
How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
17.04.1999 |
Swann Auction Galleries (NY) |
|
44 |
|
|
?
|
How the King Held the Brigadier
Infos
Manuscript
How Watson Learned the Trick
Infos
Manuscript
In Memoriam (1883)
Infos
Manuscript
Life on a Greenland Whaler (1896)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
25.04.1995 |
Christie's (New York) |
|
135 |
$3,500 - $4,500 |
$7,500 |
$9,200
|
Memories and Adventures (1923)
Infos
Mr. Sherlock Holmes and his Friends (1927)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
20.09.2012 |
Freeman's (New York) |
1438 |
216 |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
$64,400 |
$80,500
|
Manuscript
Mrs. Thompson (1913)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
49 |
£5,000 - £8,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
Manuscript
Title page and part of page 1
Notes from a Strange Mailbag
Infos
Recent Psychic Evidence
Infos
Rodney Stone (ca. 1895)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
09.04.2016 |
Bonham's (New York) |
23644 |
13 |
$80,000 - $120,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
Manuscript
Shakespeare's Expostulation (1908-1909)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
10.07.2019 |
Christie's (London) |
17200 |
580 |
£1,000 - £1,500 |
£1,700 |
£2,125
|
Manuscript
Sir Nigel (1905)
Infos
Some Personalia About Mr. Sherlock Holmes (1917)
Infos
The Adventure of Black Peter (1903)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.06.2014 |
Christie's (New York) |
2861 |
222 [4] |
$250,000 - $350,000 |
$260,000 |
$317,000
|
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Worst Man in London (ca. 1904)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
30.01.1923 |
American Art Association (New York) |
|
246 |
|
|
|
1940s |
Scribner Auction |
|
|
|
|
|
1975 |
House of El Dieff (New York) |
|
|
|
|
|
09.06.1999 |
Christie's (New York) |
|
98 |
$75,000 - $95,000 |
$200,000 |
$244,500 [5]
|
Manuscript
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
Infos
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
Infos
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
Infos
The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923)
Infos
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Crooked Man
Infos
The Adventure of the Dancing Men (1903)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
18.04.2018 |
Heritage Auctions (Dallas) |
6196 |
47156 |
no estimate |
$250,000 |
$312,500
|
Manuscript
Infos
The Adventure of the Dying Detective (1913)
Infos
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Empty House
Infos
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Final Problem
Infos
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
Infos
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
18.12.1964 |
Christie's (London) |
|
|
|
? |
|
1980s
|
Sold to Lew Feldman on behalf of Adrian Conan Doyle
|
05.05.1982 |
Christie's |
|
102 |
|
--- |
Unsold?
|
09.04.2016 |
Bonham's (New York) |
23644 |
12 |
$380,000 - $420,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
21.07.2020 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
10394 |
138 |
$350,000 - $450,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1924)
Infos
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
Infos
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
Infos
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
Infos
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
Infos
The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
Infos
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
Infos
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
Infos
The Adventure of the Priory School
Infos
The Adventure of the Red Circle
Infos
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
15 |
£5,000 - £8,000 |
£24,000 |
£28,680 [6]
|
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
Infos
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Second Stain
Infos
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
Infos
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
16.11.2004 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
8012 |
509 |
$200,000 - $300,000 |
$300,000 |
$344,000 [7]
|
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Infos
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
Infos
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1924)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
09.06.2004 |
Christie's (New York) |
1388 |
58 |
$150,000 - $200,000 |
$350,000 |
$399,500
|
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Three Gables
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
21.06.2007 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
8330 |
104 |
$350,000 - $500,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
Infos
The Adventure of the Three Students
Infos
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
Infos
The American's Story
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
9 |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
$11,000 |
$13,145 [8]
|
Manuscript
The Ballad of the Eurydice
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
10.12.1993 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
|
|
|
--- |
Unsold
|
The Black Hawk (undated)
Infos
The Bully of Brocas Court
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
10.12.1993 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
|
|
|
$6,500 |
$7,475
|
The Coming of the Huns
Infos
The Criminal (undated)
Infos
The Crown Diamond (Undated)
Infos
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Infos
The Edge of the Unknown
Infos
Manuscript
"Dwellers on the Border" (p. 1)
"Dwellers on the Border" (p. 2)
"Dwellers on the Border" (p. 3)
"Dwellers on the Border" (p. 4)
The Fires of Fate (undated)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
45 |
£3,000 - £5,000 |
? |
?
|
The Flights of Dr Curtius (undated)
Infos
The Genius of George Meredith (1888)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
104 |
£4,000 - £6,000 |
£4,000 |
£4,780
|
Manuscript
The Great Shadow
Infos
The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe (ca. 1877)
Infos
Manuscript
The Home-Coming
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
10.12.1993 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
|
|
|
$3,250 |
$3,738
|
The Horror of the Heights
Infos
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
16.11.2004 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
8012 |
507 [9] |
$18,000 - $25,000 |
$65,000 |
$78,000
|
03.12.2011 |
I.&L. Goldberg (Los Angeles) |
66 |
183 [9] |
$115,000 - $125,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
07.12.2012 |
Christie's (New York) |
2607 |
131 [10] |
$60,000 - $80,000 |
$130,000 |
$158,500
|
11.04.2016 |
Bonham's (New York) |
23644 |
14 [9] |
$100,000 - $150,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
16.06.2016 |
Christie's (New York) |
12260 |
91 [11] |
$80,000 - $120,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
11.07.2019 |
Profiles in History (Calabasas) |
104 |
49 [9] |
$120,000 - $150,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
Manuscript
The King of the Foxes
Infos
The Land of Mist
Infos
The Land of Mist |
Novel |
Written oct 1924 - feb 1925 |
277 bound leaves (+ 9 for chapter XIII)
|
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
22.11.1955 |
Parke-Bernet (New York) |
|
|
|
|
|
22.03.1966 |
Parke-Bernet (New York) |
|
|
|
|
|
10.07.2019 |
Christie's (London) |
17200 |
581 |
£3,000 - £5,000 |
£11,000 |
£13,750
|
30.07.2020 |
Christie's (London) |
18887 |
39 |
£50,000 - £80,000 |
£38,000 |
£47,500
|
Manuscript
Chapter XIII: The Darker Side (suppressed chapter) p. 1
Chapter XIII: The Darker Side (suppressed chapter)
The Last Galley (1910)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
10.12.1993 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
|
|
|
$2,750 |
$3,163
|
The Last of the Legions
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
10.12.1993 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
|
|
|
$3,250 |
$3,738
|
The Last Resource
Infos
The Leather Funnel
Infos
The Lost World
Infos
The Man with the Twisted Lip
Infos
The Maracot Deep (1927)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.11.2003 |
Christie's (London) |
6853 |
54 |
£30,000 - £50,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
The Marriage of the Brigadier
Infos
The Medal of Brigadier Gerard
Infos
Manuscript
The Narrative of John Smith (ca. 1880)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
11 |
£40,000 - £60,000 |
£38,000 |
£47,800
|
Manuscript
The New Nuctemeron (1930)
Infos
Manuscript
The Nightmare Room
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.03.2015 |
Swann Auction Galleries (NY) |
2376 |
186 |
$3,000 - $4,000 |
$9,000 |
$12,250
|
Manuscript
The Old Testament (1928)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
28 |
£500 - £800 |
£2,000 |
£2,390 [12]
|
The Parish Magazine
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.03.2015 |
Swann Auction Galleries (NY) |
2376 |
187 |
$3,000 - $4,000 |
$8,000 |
$10,400
|
Manuscript
The Passage of the Red Sea (1873)
Infos
Manuscript
The Prisoner's Defence (ca. 1915)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
11.04.2016 |
Bonham's (New York) |
23644 |
16 |
$20,000 - $30,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
Manuscript
The Problem of Thor Bridge (ca. 1921)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
11.04.2016 |
Bonham's (New York) |
23644 |
17 |
$250,000 - $350,000 |
$215,000 |
$269,000
|
Manuscript
The Rattle of the Bicycles (undated)
Infos
Manuscript
The Red Star
Infos
The Red Star |
Short story |
Undated |
11 pages |
Hold by a private collector (2004~)
|
The Refugees (1891)
Infos
Manuscript
The Romance of Medicine
Infos
The Sign of Four
Infos
Manuscript
p. 1 (1st version of manuscript)
p. 1 (2nd version of manuscript)
The Spiritualism Movement (1926)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
04.05.2017 |
Swann Auction Gallery (Los Angeles) |
2446 |
345 |
$3,500 - $5,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
Manuscript
The Stark Munro Letters
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
14 |
£1,000 - £1,500 |
£2,500 |
£2,988 [13]
|
Manuscript
The Story of a Bengal Tiger (ca. 1885)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
2 |
£3,000 - £5,000 |
£4,300 |
£5,378 [14]
|
Manuscript
The Story of [S]Pedegue's Dropper
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
26.05.2011 |
Bloomsbury Auctions (London) |
35815 |
293 |
£4,000 - £6,000 |
£15,000 |
£18,300
|
10.07.2018 |
Sotheby's (London) |
18416 |
70 |
£10,000 - £15,000 |
£10,000 |
£12,500
|
Manuscript
The Terror of Blue John Gap
Infos
The Undiscovered Country (1918)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
17.04.2002 |
Christie's (New York) |
1104 |
210 |
$2,500 - $3,500 |
$2,750 |
$3,346
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Manuscript
The Valley of Fear
Infos
The Vital Message
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
10.12.1993 |
Sotheby's (New York) |
|
|
|
$6,000 |
$6,900
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The Voyage of Copley Banks
Infos
The Voyage of the Flowery Land (1899)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
08.03.1978 |
Christie's (London) |
|
333 |
|
|
?
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The Waterloo Play (undated)
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.05.2004 |
Christie's (London) |
6972 |
42 |
£8,000 - £12,000 |
--- |
Unsold [15]
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Manuscript
The White Company (1891)
Infos
Manuscript
Through the Veil
Infos
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.03.2015 |
Swann Auction Galleries (NY) |
2376 |
185 |
$3,000 - $4,000 |
$5,200 |
$6,500
|
Manuscript
Uncle Bernac
Infos
Uncle Bernac |
Novel |
Undated |
122 pages |
Hold by Roy Pilot private collection (2002~)
|
Ypres (1915)
Infos
Ypres |
Poem |
Written in september 1915 |
4 pages
|
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) |
Auction House |
Sale |
Lot |
Estimated price |
Hammer price |
Price realised
|
19.11.2003 |
Christie's (London) |
6853 |
53 |
£2,000 - £3,000 |
--- |
Unsold
|
28.03.2006 |
Bonham's (London) |
13809 |
72 |
£2,000 - £3,000 |
£900 |
£1,080
|
Manuscript
Published facsimile
Sorted by publishing date.
- ↑ Bought by Classic Bindings, a bookseller.
- ↑ Lot also included a 49-page autograph manuscript, a course of reading devised for Lady Jean Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle.
- ↑ Lot included only 13 pages (of 24) : pages 1-4, 7-8, 11-13, 15, 18, and 23-24.
- ↑ The sale included also an autographed letter by Conan Doyle to presumably Peter F. Collier dated december 1908. Inscribed "To Mr. Collier with best Xmas wishes, December 1908 from Arthur Conan Doyle."
- ↑ Sold with an original drawing of the character Charles Augustus Milverton, made by Frederic Dorr Steele in 1904 and published with the story in its first appearance in Collier's. Pen-and ink and black crayon on paper, 225 x 185mm.
- ↑ The lot was only a fragment with the last 11 lines of the manuscript. Bought by Dr. Constantine Rossakis.
- ↑ The manuscript sold had only the firt 40 pages (of 42).
- ↑ The lot also included other notes and verse in a notebook entitled "Notes on Medicine Session 1879-80". Lot bought by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 1 leaf only (header page of chapter 13).
- ↑ 1 leaf only (page from chapter 12 beginning with "than before").
- ↑ 1 leaf only (page from chapter 5).
- ↑ Bought by The Newberry Library (Chicago, USA).
- ↑ Auction for a fragment and notes only.
- ↑ The lot also included an autograph letter signed by Conan Doyle's mother, Mary Doyle, to Jean Conan Doyle, and an autograph note by Mary Doyle concerning the fragment and printed copy of Conan Doyle's essay 'My First Book VI. - Juvenilia' in The Idler, January 1893, Vol. 2, pp. 633-640, with his alterations for a future edition.
- ↑ The lot included also a typescript "Sir Charles Tregellis".
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