The Arthur Conan Doyle EncyclopediaThe Arthur Conan Doyle EncyclopediaThe Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
22 May 1859, Edinburgh M.D., Kt, KStJ, D.L., LL.D., Sportsman, Writer, Poet, Politician, Justicer, Spiritualist Crowborough, 7 July 1930

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.

Contents


A Day at Borstal (1921)

Infos
A Day at Borstal Article Written on 19 december 1921 13 pages

Manuscript

  • p. 1

  • p. 3

  • p. 13

Admiral Denver

Infos
Admiral Denver Play Undated 7 pages

A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus (1899)

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A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus Novel Written in 1899 ~220 pages Private collection
  • Clean copy, with occasional emendations, title, contents and approximately 220 pages, folio (337 x 197mm), cloth-covered boards, lettered on spine "A Duet Manuscript".


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

  • Page from chapter 7

A Forgotten Tale

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A Forgotten Tale Poem 3 pages Held by The Newberry Library

A Glimpse of the Army (1900)

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A Glimpse of the Army Article Written in 1900 13 pages
  • some printer's markings in blue pencil, 13 pages, folio (325 x 205mm), gathered by a staple at upper left corner (some soiling and fingermarks, apparently in printer's ink; occasional light wear to margins; signature and date on last leaf torn out and skillfully re-attached).


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
An Alpine Pass on "Ski" Article Undated 12 pages

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

  • p. 1

A Regimental Scandal

Infos
A Regimental Scandal Short story 1891~1892 18 pages

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 Christie's (London) 192


Manuscript

  • p. 1

  • p. 2

  • p. 3

  • p. 4

  • p. 5

  • p. 6

  • p. 7

  • p. 8

  • p. 9

  • p. 10

  • p. 11

  • p. 12

  • p. 13

  • p. 14

  • p. 15

  • p. 16

  • p. 17

  • p. 18

An essay On the Intemperance of our Country

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An essay On the Intemperance of our Country... Essay Undated 42 pages Held by Toronto Public Library (2010~)

Angels of Darkness (1889-1890)

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Angels of Darkness Play Written 1889-1890 5 booklets Held by Toronto Public Library (1992~)

An Iconoclast

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An Iconoclast Short story Undated 9 pages Held by Haverford College (PA, USA)

An Impression of the Regency

Infos
An Impression of the Regency Short story Written ca. 1896 8 pages

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
A Scandal in Bohemia Short story


Manuscript

  • p. 1

A Shadow Before (1898)

Infos
A Shadow Before Short story Written in 1898 14 pages
  • 14 pages (including title page), vellum binding, 193 x 320mm (old pin holes to upper left corners of leaves, remnants of label to page one).


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

  • p. 1

  • p. 13

A Study in Scarlet

Infos
A Study in Scarlet Novel Written 1885~1886

Manuscript

  • p. 1

A Synopsis of Geology

Infos
A Synopsis of Geology Lecture Undated 23 pages


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
Bendy's Sermon Poem

Manuscript

  • Fac-simile

Brigadier Gerard at Waterloo

Infos
Brigadier Gerard at Waterloo Short story Written ca. 1903 79 pages


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

  • p. 1

Crabbe's Practice (ca. 1884)

Infos
Crabbe's Practice Short story Written ca. 1884 19 pages


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
Danger! Short story Written on 21 april 1914 42 pages Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5289

Foreign Policy (1892)

Infos
Foreign Policy Play Written in 1892 24 pages


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

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Giant Maximin Short story Undated 18 pages Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5094

His Last Bow (1917)

Infos
His Last Bow Short story Written on 7 march 1917 24 pages
  • 14 ruled pages (rectos only), (of 24, lacking pages 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22), various sizes quarto and folio ( several pages cut down), Crowborough, 7 March 1917, with extensive revisions throughout; most leaves numbered in red in a diminutive hand at upper right corner, small holes in upper left corners, some scattered spotting and light soiling, fixative remnants on versos.


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

  • p. 1

How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear

Infos
How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear Short story Written ca. 1902 42 pages


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

  • p. 42

How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom

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How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom Short story Undated 21 pages Held by the British Library (2015~)

How the Brigadier Captured Saragossa

Infos
How the Brigadier Captured Saragossa Short story Undated 23 pages Held by the New York Public Library

How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom (1895)

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How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom Short story Written on 31 may 1895 23 pages Held by the British Library (2015~)

How the Brigadier Rode to Minsk

Infos
How the Brigadier Rode to Minsk Short story Undated 21 pages Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5291

How the Brigadier Saved the Army

Infos
How the Brigadier Saved the Army Short story Undated 48 pages Held by the New York Public Library

How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio

Infos
How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio Short story Undated 24 pages Held by the British Library (2015~)

How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs

Infos
How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs Short story Undated 22 pages Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5285


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
How the King Held the Brigadier Short story Undated 26 pages Held by the British Library (2015~)


Manuscript

  • p. 2

  • p. 8

  • p. 26

How Watson Learned the Trick

Infos
How Watson Learned the Trick Short story Written in 1922 33 miniature pages Held by Windsor Castle


Manuscript

  • p. 1

  • p. 2

  • p. 3

  • p. 33

In Memoriam (1883)

Infos
In Memoriam Poem


Manuscript

  • Poeme-In-Memoriam-1883.jpg

Life on a Greenland Whaler (1896)

Infos
Life on a Greenland Whaler Article Undated 24 pages
  • Mostly about 168x203 mm, essentially quarto sheets separated in half with slight variation in height (some letters grazed, signature a little faded and blotted, some margins irregular, old holes and faint creasing at upper left corners from a binder clip); black ink on lined paper with Doyle's customary sparse revisions, each leaf tipped at left edge to a small quarto sheet, bound with portrait in full black morocco gilt by Stikeman (cover repaired).


Auctions

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Sale Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised Seller
13.02.1923 Anderson Galleries 257 David G. Joyce
10.11.1932 Anderson Galleries 34
25.04.1995 Christie's (New York) 8144 135 $3,500 - $4,500 $7,500 $9,200 Philip M. Neufeld
06.10.2022 Christie's (New York) 19289 125 $12,000 - $18,000

Tales of the High Seas (c. 1896)

Infos
Tales of the High Seas: I. The Governor of St. Kitt's Short Story Undated 23 pages
  • Mostly about 167x204mm, essentially quarto sheets separated in half with slight variations in height and width (some letters just grazed, some margins irregular, old holes and faint creasing at upper left corners from a brass tack, ink a little faded or blotted in a handful of places, very minor finger soiling); black ink on lined paper; each leaf tipped at left margin to larger sheet measuring 230 x 220mm, bound in full black morocco gilt by Stikeman.


Auctions

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Sale Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised Seller
13.02.1923 Anderson Galleries 260 David G. Joyce
17.05.1996 Christie's (New York) 74
06.10.2022 Christie's (New York) 19289 126 $12,000 - $18,000

Log of the S. S. Hope (1880)

Infos
Log of the S. S. Hope Diary 28 february 1880 - 11 august 1880 195 pages


Location

The diary belongs to the Anna Conan Doyle heirs.

Memories and Adventures (1923)

Infos
Memories and Adventures Autobiography Signed 19 dec 1923 396 pages Held by Mount Holyoke College

Mr. Sherlock Holmes and his Friends (1927)

Infos
Mr. Sherlock Holmes and his Friends Preface Written in january 1927 3 pages


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

  • p. 1

  • p. 2

  • p. 3

Mrs. Thompson (1913)

Infos
Mrs. Thompson Play Written in 1913 128 pages


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
Notes from a Strange Mailbag Essay Undated 22 pages Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5356

Recent Psychic Evidence

Infos
Recent Psychic Evidence Article Undated 7 pages Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5288

Rodney Stone (ca. 1895)

Infos
Rodney Stone Novel Undated 531 pages


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

  • Preface

  • Chapter I

  • Chapter X

  • Chapter XVIII

  • Chapter XXII

Shakespeare's Expostulation (1908-1909)

Infos
Shakespeare's Expostulation Poem Written ca. March 1909 3 pages
  • 3 pages, 325x204mm, on lined paper, pencil annotations on p. 1 including "Cornhill" and "Proofs quickly" (pin holes in upper left corner; general light browning and soiling; left margin slightly rough; p. 1 dust-stained, especially in upper half, browned at upper left margin and with a tear at upper left corner).


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

  • p. 1 of 3

Sir Nigel (1905)

Infos
Sir Nigel Novel Written in 1905 388 pages Held by The Morgan Library (NY, USA)

Some Personalia About Mr. Sherlock Holmes (1917)

Infos
Some Personalia About Mr. Sherlock Holmes Article Written on 9 sept [1917] 10 pages Held by Toronto Public Library (2010~)

The Adventure of Black Peter (1903)

Infos
The Adventure of Black Peter Short story Written on 26 july 1903 23 pages


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

  • p. 1

The Adventure of the Worst Man in London (ca. 1904)

Infos
The Adventure of the Worst Man in London
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton		 Short story Written in 1903~1904 22 pages
  • Folio, 321 x 201mm., neatly penned in dark ink on rectos only of sheets of ledger-ruled foolscap (a typical paper for Doyle), consisting of the author's calligraphic title-page: "Sherlock Holmes Series The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton A Conan Doyle Original Manuscript," text of the story on 21 pages. The first page headed by Doyle: "The Return of Sherlock Holmes VII The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" (Doyle's original title "The Adventure of the Worst Man in London" has been neatly lined through and the new title added by the author); the printer's copy, with word-count in pencil at top of first page text ("6,800 wds"). THE TEXT EXHIBITING SOME 70 AUTHORIAL EMENDATIONS AND DELETIONS, the majority in ink (probably made during first writing), others apparently made at an intermediate point, some 15 in purple pencil likely added at a final stage. These and many variations from the printed text are carefully tabulated by Peter Richard in The Milverton Manuscript: An Analysis, London: The Milvertonians of Hampstead, 1963. The manuscript is partially paginated by Doyle in pencil at top left corners (omitting 1,4,19,20,21). BOUND FOR THE AUTHOR in simple vellum over paper boards, plain glazed endpapers. Upper cover inscribed by the author: "Sherlock Holmes A Conan Doyle The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton." (Boards slightly bowed, minor soiling). Enclosed in a cloth chemise and half red morocco slipcase.


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) 9178 98 $75,000 - $95,000 $200,000 $244,500 [5]


Manuscript

  • p. 1

The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place

Infos
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place Short story

The Adventure of the Abbey Grange

Infos
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange Short story

The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier

Infos
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier Short story

The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923)

Infos
The Adventure of the Creeping Man Short story Written ca. 1923 44 pages


Manuscript

  • p. 1

  • p. 44

The Adventure of the Crooked Man

Infos
The Adventure of the Crooked Man Short story

The Adventure of the Dancing Men (1903)

Infos
The Adventure of the Dancing Men Short story Undated 54 pages


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

  • Cover

  • Title page

  • p. 1

  • p. 6

  • p. 14

  • p. 17

  • p. 21

  • p. 39

  • p. 41

  • p. 53

  • p. 57

The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

Infos
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot Short story

The Adventure of the Dying Detective (1913)

Infos
The Adventure of the Dying Detective Short story Written on 27 july 1913 18 pages


Manuscript

  • p. 1

The Adventure of the Empty House

Infos
The Adventure of the Empty House Short story


Manuscript

  • p. 1

The Adventure of the Final Problem

Infos
The Adventure of the Final Problem Short story

The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez

Infos
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez Short story


Manuscript

  • p. 1

The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter

Infos
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter Short story Undated 34 pages
  • 34 pages, numbered through the text in blue pencil, on 34 sheets of ruled paper neatly torn from a 4to notebook, marked and issued as a printer's copy for its first publication, with several revisions, signed and inscribed at the end ("Conan Doyle | 12 Tennison Road | S. Norwood'), n.d. [but 1893]; some foxing, heavier to some leaves than others, marginal tears not affecting text, pp. 22 and 33 with pencil scribbling (presumably by a child, and likely one of Doyle's), some light fingersoiling. Housed in custom case.


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
16.07.2022 Heritage Auctions (Dallas) 6258 42005 $100,000 --- TBD


Manuscript

  • p. 1

  • p. 16

  • p. 19

  • p. 34

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1924)

Infos
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client Short story Written july 1924 38 pages Held by The National Library of Scotland

The Adventure of the Lion's Mane

Infos
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane Short story

The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone

Infos
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone Short story

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter

Infos
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter Short story Undated 25 pages Held by the British Library


Manuscript

  • p. 1

The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual

Infos
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual Short story

The Adventure of the Naval Treaty

Infos
The Adventure of the Naval Treaty Short story

The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

Infos
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor Short story

The Adventure of the Norwood Builder

Infos
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder Short story

The Adventure of the Priory School

Infos
The Adventure of the Priory School Short story

The Adventure of the Red Circle

Infos
The Adventure of the Red Circle Short story

The Adventure of the Reigate Squire

Infos
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire Short story


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

  • 11 last lines

The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

Infos
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman Short story Undated 18 pages Held by the British Library (1997~)


Manuscript

  • p. 14

The Adventure of the Second Stain

Infos
The Adventure of the Second Stain Short story Held by Haverford College, courtesy of Christopher Morley.

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons

Infos
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons Short story

The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist

Infos
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist Short story 42 pages


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 Speckled Band Short story

The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk

Infos
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk Short story

The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1924)

Infos
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire Short story Written ca. august 1923 24 pages
  • 24 pages, written in dark ink on one side only of 24 leaves of two different paper stocks: 11 sheets ship's stationery (235x180mm., versos of 6 sheets with printed heading "On board S.S....."), and 13 sheets good-quality lined paper (250 x 203mm.). Boldly titled at head of the first page "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"; the last page (containing the Holmes's brief concluding note "Re Vampires," dated "Baker St. Nov. 21st," signed "Sherlock Holmes." Page 11 trimmed at bottom by Holmes in the editing process, as was often his practice. THE TEXT WITH SCATTERED AUTHORIAL CORRECTIONS AND REVISIONS. The verso of p.11 with a lengthy section of dialogue (some 160 words, describing Holmes's and Watson's first meeting with the ill-fated Ferguson family) which Doyle has neatly crossed through. Small puncture at upper corners where once pinned together, BOUND FOR THE AUTHOR in white buckram boards, upper cover gilt-lettered "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire," and, at bottom "A Sherlock Holmes Story." Quarter blue morocoo gilt protective case.


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

  • p. 1

The Adventure of the Three Gables

Infos
The Adventure of the Three Gables Short story Written ca. 1926 31 pages
  • 31 pages (8 x 6 1/4 in.; 20x160mm), Crowborough, [1926]; in dark ink on 31 ruled pages (rectos of leaves only), with numerous revisions; bound for Doyle in vellum by Spealls, upper cover gilt-lettered "The Adventure | of the | Three Gables | A Sherlock Holmes Story".


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

  • p. 1

  • p. 23

  • p. 31

The Adventure of the Three Garridebs

Infos
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs Short story

The Adventure of the Three Students

Infos
The Adventure of the Three Students Short story

The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger

Infos
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger Short story

The American's Story

Infos
The American's Story Short story Written in 1879-80 30 pages


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

  • Manuscrit-americans-tale-1.jpg
  • Manuscrit-americans-tale-2.jpg

The Ballad of the Eurydice

Infos
The Ballad of the Eurydice Poem 3 pages


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 Black Hawk Play Undated 9 pages

The Bully of Brocas Court

Infos
The Bully of Brocas Court Short story 27 pages
  • 202x161mm, ink on lined paper, numbered in pencil in another hand, fastened with brass tack at upper left corner (some spotting and soiling, most visible on first and final pages; center crease throughout; ink a little faded in some places; final page with a little creasing and a couple short closed tears). Quarter morocco clamshell case.


Auctions

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Sale Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised
10.12.1993 Sotheby's (New York) 320 $6,500 $7,475
06.10.2022 Christie's (New York) 19289 128 $15,000-$20,000

The Coming of the Huns

Infos
The Coming of the Huns Short story Undated 12 pages Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5354

The Criminal (undated)

Infos
The Criminal Play Undated 12 pages

The Crown Diamond (Undated)

Infos
The Crown Diamond Play Undated 25 pages Held by Toronto Public Library (2010~)

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

Infos
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax Short story

The Edge of the Unknown

Infos
The Edge of the Unknown Essay


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
The Fires of Fate Play Undated 72 pages Private collection

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 Flights of Dr Curtius Play Undated 14 pages

The Genius of George Meredith (1888)

Infos
The Genius of George Meredith Lecture Written in 1888 24 pages


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

  • p. 1

The Great Shadow

Infos
The Great Shadow Novel Undated 191 pages Held by Harry Ransom Center

The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe (ca. 1877)

Infos
The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe Short story Written ca. 1877 24 pages Held by The National Library of Scotland


Manuscript

  • p. 1

The Home-Coming

Infos
The Home-Coming Short story Undated 17 pages Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5292


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 Horror of the Heights Short story Undated 18 pages Held by University of Minnesota

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901)

Infos
The Hound of the Baskervilles Novel Written in may-july 1901 35 pages left
  • Page chapter 12 : 2o (320x200 mm). Written in dark brown ink on the recto of a leaf of blue-lined, tan paper. With a number of cross-outs and interlinear additions. (Part of the compositor's copy, with a spindle hole in top left-hand corner and a pencil "7," in blank margin (denoting the 7th page in the chapter). (Neatly backed with laid paper, a tiny chip in lower margin, one minor smudge.)


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 (L.A.) 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
06.11.2021 Heritage Auctions (Dallas) 6243 47171 [9] $85,000 - $170,000 $340,000 $423,000


Manuscript

  • chap 1, p. 2

  • chap 5, p. ?

  • chap 12, p. 2

  • chap 12, p. ?

  • chap 13, p. 1

The King of the Foxes

Infos
The King of the Foxes Short story Undated 9 pages Held by Dartmouth College (NH, USA)

The Land of Mist

Infos
The Land of Mist Novel Written oct 1924 - feb 1925 277 bound leaves
  • Approximately 277 leaves, 228x172mm, 260x200mm (chapters XI and XII only) and 203x158mm (chapter XVI ff.3-16 and chapter XVII ff.1-14), a few other leaves cut down to a smaller size; blue or white lined paper, rectos only, occasional original or early foliation throughout, paper stock for chapter X (and a few leaves in chapter XVIII) with printed pagination; tipped on guards into an album, half red roan.


Auctions

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Sale Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised Seller
11.11.1955 Parke-Bernet (New York) Nina Mdivani Conan Doyle
22.03.1966 Parke-Bernet (New York) A "Boston collector"


Manuscript

  • Page 1

  • Page of chapter 4

  • Page of chapter 4

  • Bound volume

The Land of Mist (The Darker Side)

Infos
The Land of Mist (The Darker Side) Unpublished chapter 1926 9 pages
  • 9 pages, 268 x 209mm, on lined paper, numbered in pencil 1-10 (f.3 lacking), the title added in a different ink, with the annotation 'This Chapter was lost in some strange way & never appeared in the book' (general light browning, pin holes at upper left causing a tear on f.1; the paper rather frayed at upper margin, perhaps where extracted from a pad, causing loss of a few words to first line of f.2; some wear and creasing to other margins, more marked on first two leaves).


Auctions

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Sale Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised Seller
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 (Unpublished chapter) p. 1

  • Chapter XIII: The Darker Side (Unpublished chapter)

The Last Galley (1910)

Infos
The Last Galley Short story Written on 8 feb 1910 10 pages Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5287


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
The Last of the Legions Short story Undated 9 pages Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5353


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 Last Resource Short story Held by a private collector (2004~)

The Leather Funnel

Infos
The Leather Funnel Short story Undated 15 pages Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5290

The Lost World

Infos
The Lost World Novel Undated ~300 pages Held by the New York Public Library

The Man with the Twisted Lip

Infos
The Man with the Twisted Lip Short story

The Maracot Deep (1927)

Infos
The Maracot Deep Novel Written in 1927 143 pages


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 Marriage of the Brigadier Short story Undated 10 pages Held by the Toronto Public Library (2013~)

The Medal of Brigadier Gerard

Infos
The Medal of Brigadier Gerard Short story 1891~1894 41 pages Held by the British Library (2015~)


Manuscript

  • p. 1

The Narrative of John Smith (ca. 1880)

Infos
The Narrative of John Smith Novel Re-written between 1884~1893 155 pages


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

  • p. 1

The New Nuctemeron (1930)

Infos
The New Nuctemeron, The Twelve Hours of Apollonius of Tyana Introduction Written in 1930 1 page


Manuscript

  • Manuscrit-intro-the-new-nuctemeron-1930.jpg

The Nightmare Room

Infos
The Nightmare Room Short story Undated 8 pages


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

  • p. 8

The Old Testament (1928)

Infos
The Old Testament Lecture Written on 14 august 1928 9½ pages


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
The Parish Magazine Short story Undated 11 pages


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

  • p. 11

The Passage of the Red Sea (1873)

Infos
The Passage of the Red Sea Poem Written on 14 november 1873


Manuscript

  • The-passage-of-the-red-sea-1873-manuscript.jpg

The Prisoner's Defence (ca. 1915)

Infos
The Prisoner's Defence Short story Undated 13 pages


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

  • p. 1-13

  • p. 1

  • p. 13

The Problem of Thor Bridge (ca. 1921)

Infos
The Problem of Thor Bridge Short story Undated 48 pages


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

  • p. 1

  • p. 38

The Rattle of the Bicycles (undated)

Infos
The Rattle of the Bicycles Poem Undated 1 page


Manuscript

  • Poem-the-rattle-of-the-bicycles.jpg

The Red Star

Infos
The Red Star Short story Undated 11 pages Held by a private collector (2004~)

The Refugees (1891)

Infos
The Refugees Novel Dated january 1891 414 pages Held by Brigham Young University


Manuscript

  • Manuscript p. 1

  • Manuscript p. 2

  • Manuscript p. 3

  • Manuscript p. 4

  • Manuscript p. 5

  • Manuscript p. 6

  • Manuscript p. 7

  • Manuscript p. 8

  • Manuscript p. 9

  • Manuscript p. 10

The Romance of Medicine

Infos
The Romance of Medicine Article Undated 19 pages Held by The Newberry Library

The Sign of Four

Infos
The Sign of Four Novel


Manuscript

  • p. 1 (1st version of manuscript)

  • p. 1 (2nd version of manuscript)

The Spiritualism Movement (1926)

Infos
The Spiritualism Movement Essay Written ca. 1926 2 pages


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

  • Recto

  • Verso

The Stark Munro Letters

Infos
The Stark Munro Letters Novel Written ca. 1894


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

  • Fragment and notes

The Story of a Bengal Tiger (ca. 1885)

Infos
The Story of a Bengal Tiger Short story Written ca. 1885 Fragment of 36 words


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-a-bengal-tiger-1865.jpg

The Story of [S]Pedegue's Dropper

Infos
The Story of Spedegue's Dropper Short story Undated 25 pages
  • 25 pages (253x196mm), text with occasional additions and corrections in the author's hand, signed at the end of the text ("A Conan Doyle | Crowborough"), collector's chemise and black morocco-backed slipcase, slight browning, some creases to extremities, pin holes.


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
25.11.2015 Sotheby's (London) 15416 22 £14,000 - £18,000 Unsold?
10.07.2018 Sotheby's (London) 18416 70 £10,000 - £15,000 £10,000 £12,500


Manuscript

  • p. 1

  • The-story-of-spedegue-s-dropper-manuscript.jpg

The Terror of Blue John Gap

Infos
The Terror of Blue John Gap Short story Undated ? Held by Dartmouth College (NH, USA)

The Undiscovered Country (1918)

Infos
The Undiscovered Country Introduction Written on 20 march [1918] 2 pages Held by Richard J. Sveum private collection
  • 2 pages, folio, rectos only, professionally repaired along folds.


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


Manuscript

  • p. 1

  • p. 2

The Valley of Fear

Infos
The Valley of Fear Novel

The Vital Message (c. 1918-1919)

Infos
The Vital Message Essay 16 november [c. 1918-1919] 67 pages
  • Most 322x202mm but many cut in half or shorter; pencil, black, and violet ink on mostly lined paper; organized in five sections, each fastened with a brass tack at top left corner (some foxing and minor soiling, light edgewear in some places). Full morocco clamshell box.


Auctions

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Sale Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised
10.12.1993 Sotheby's (New York) 319 $6,000 $6,900
06.10.2022 Christie's (New York) 19289 127 $15,000 - $25,000


Manuscript

  • Manuscript-the-vital-message.jpg

The Voyage of Copley Banks

Infos
The Voyage of Copley Banks Short story Private collection (2004~)

The Voyage of the Flowery Land (1899)

Infos
The Voyage of the "Flowery Land" Short story Written in 1899 13 pages Held by The Morgan Library (1978~)


Auctions

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Sale Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised
08.03.1978 Christie's (London) 333 ?

The Waterloo Play (undated)

Infos
The Waterloo Play Play Undated 15 pages


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]


Manuscript

  • p. 1

The White Company (1891)

Infos
The White Company Novel


Manuscript

  • White-company-manuscript-1891.jpg

Through the Veil

Infos
Through the Veil Short story Undated 6 pages


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

  • p. 6

Uncle Bernac

Infos
Uncle Bernac Novel Undated 122 pages Held 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

  • Manuscrit-ypres-1915.jpg

Published facsimile

Sorted by publishing date.



  1. ↑ Bought by Classic Bindings, a bookseller.
  2. ↑ Lot also included a 49-page autograph manuscript, a course of reading devised for Lady Jean Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle.
  3. ↑ Lot included only 13 pages (of 24) : pages 1-4, 7-8, 11-13, 15, 18, and 23-24.
  4. ↑ 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."
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ The lot was only a fragment with the last 11 lines of the manuscript. Bought by Dr. Constantine Rossakis.
  7. ↑ The manuscript sold had only the firt 40 pages (of 42).
  8. ↑ 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. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 1 leaf only (header page of chapter 13).
  10. ↑ 1 leaf only (page from chapter 12 beginning with "than before").
  11. ↑ 1 leaf only (page from chapter 5).
  12. ↑ Bought by The Newberry Library (Chicago, USA).
  13. ↑ Auction for a fragment and notes only.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ The lot included also a typescript "Sir Charles Tregellis".
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