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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.

For other handwritten items, see Dedicaces, Letters, drawings and paintings and other writings.

Alphabetical order.


Contents


A Day at Borstal (1921)

A Day at Borstal is an article written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1921, published in The Daily Telegraph on 27 december 1921.


  • p. 1

  • p. 3

  • p. 13


A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus (1899)


A Forgotten Tale


A Glimpse of the Army (1900)


An Alpine Pass on "Ski"

  • p. 1


Angels of Darkness


An Iconoclast


A Scandal in Bohemia

  • p. 1


A Shadow Before (ca. 1898)

A Shadow Before is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1898, published in The Windsor Magazine in december 1898. The manuscript has 14 pages.


Auctions History

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised
30.01.1923 American Art Association (New York) 240
22.03.1966 Parke-Bernet (New York) 180
10.12.1993 Sotheby's (New York) 315
12.06.2019 Christie's (New York) 171 $8,000 - $10,000 $11,000 $13,750


Manuscript

  • p. 1

  • p. 13


A Study in Scarlet

  • p. 1


A True Story of the Tragedy of Flowery Land (ca. 1901)


Bendy's Sermon

  • Fac-simile


Brigadier Gerard at Waterloo



Danger! (1914)



George Meredith (lecture)

Manuscript of a lecture written by Arthur Conan Doyle on George Meredith (1828-1909), given at the Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society (PLSS) on 20 november 1888 and at Upper Norwood in 1892. 24 pages.


Auctions History

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised
19.05.2004 Christie's (London) 104 £4,000 - £6,000 £3,820 £4,780


Manuscript

  • p. 1

Giant Maximin (ca. 1911)


His Last Bow (7 march 1917)

  • p. 1


How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear


How the Brigadier Saved the Army


How the Brigadier Rode to Minsk


How the Brigadier Captured Saragossa


How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs


In Memoriam (1883)

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Memories and Adventures (1923)



Notes from a Strange Mailbag


Recent Psychic Evidence


Rodney Stone (ca. 1896)

  • Preface

  • Chapter I

  • Chapter X

  • Chapter XVIII

  • Chapter XXII


Shakespeare's Expostulation (1908-1909)

Shakespeare's Expostulation is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle circa 1908~1909, published in The Cornhill Magazine in march 1909. The manuscript has 23 pages.


Auctions History

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised
10.07.2019 Christie's (London) 580 £1,000 - £1,500 £1,700 £2,125


Manuscript

  • p. 1 of 3


Sir Nigel (1905)


The Adventure of Black Peter (1903)

The Adventure of Black Peter is a Sherlock Holmes short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle on 26 july 1903, published in Collier's on 27 february 1904. The manuscript has 23 pages.


Auctions History

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised
19.06.2014 Christie's (New York) 222 $250,000 - $350,000 $260,000 $317,000 [1]


Manuscript

  • p. 1


The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (ca. 1904)

The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton is a Sherlock Holmes short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1903 or 1904, published in Collier's on 26 march 1904. The manuscript has 22 pages. The story was originally titled "The Adventure of the Worst Man in London."


Auctions History

Date (d/m/y) Auction House 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 [2]


Manuscript

  • p. 1

The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place


The Adventure of the Abbey Grange


The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier


The Adventure of the Creeping Man


The Adventure of the Crooked Man


The Adventure of the Dancing Men (ca. 1903)

  • 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


The Adventure of the Dying Detective


The Adventure of the Empty House


The Adventure of the Final Problem


The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez

  • p. 1


The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (ca. 1893)

  • p. 1

  • p. 19

  • p. 34


The Adventure of the Illustrious Client


The Adventure of the Lion's Mane


The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone


The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter

  • p. 1


The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual


The Adventure of the Naval Treaty


The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor


The Adventure of the Norwood Builder


The Adventure of the Priory School


The Adventure of the Red Circle


The Adventure of the Reigate Squire


The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

  • p. 14


The Adventure of the Second Stain


The Adventure of the Six Napoleons


The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist


The Adventure of the Speckled Band


The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk


The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1924)

The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire is a Sherlock Holmes short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle around august 1923, published in The Strand Magazine (UK) and in Hearst's International (US) in january 1924. The manuscript has 24 pages.


Auctions History

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised
09.06.2004 Christie's (New York) 58 $150,000 - $200,000 $350,000 $399,500


Manuscript

  • p. 1


The Adventure of the Three Gables


The Adventure of the Three Garridebs


The Adventure of the Three Students


The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger


The American's Tale

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The Coming of the Huns


The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax


The Edge of the Unknown

  • "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 Great Shadow


The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe (ca. 1877)

  • p. 1


The Home-Coming


The Horror of the Heights


The Hound of the Baskervilles (ca. 1902)

  • chap 12, p. 2

  • chap 12, p. ?

  • chap 13, p. 1


The King of the Foxes


The Land of Mist

The Land of Mist is a novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle between october 1924 to february 1925, and first published in The Strand Magazine from july 1925 to march 1926. The full manuscript includes a 9-page unpublished chapter : "The Darker Side".

Auctions History

Date (d/m/y) Auction House 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) 581 £3,000 - £5,000 £11,000 £13,750


Manuscript

  • Chapter XIII: The Darker Side (suppressed chapter) p. 1

  • Chapter XIII: The Darker Side (suppressed chapter)


The Last Galley (1910)


The Last Resource


The Leather Funnel


The Lost World


The Man with the Twisted Lip


The Maracot Deep (1927)


The Marriage of the Brigadier


The Medal of Brigadier Gerard (1894)

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The Narrative of John Smith (ca. 1880)

The Narrative of John Smith is the first novel (unpublished in his lifetime) written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The first manuscript was lost in the mail but Conan Doyle rewrote the story from memory. This is the following 155 page manuscript.


Auctions History

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised
19.04.2004 Christie's (London) 11 £40,000 - £60,000 £38,000 £47,800


Manuscript

  • p. 1

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The New Nuctemeron (1930)

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The Passage of the Red Sea (1873)


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The Prisoner's Defence (ca. 1916)

  • p. 1-13

  • p. 1

  • p. 13


The Problem of Thor Bridge (ca. 1922)


  • p. 1

  • p. 38


The Red Star


The Refugees (1891)


  • First 10 pages...

  • 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 (1910)


The Sign of the Four


The Story of a Bengal Tiger (ca. 1885)

The Story of a Bengal Tiger is a story written by Arthur Conan Doyle circa 1885 when he was aged 6. He told his souvenir of it in Juvenilia. There is only a fragment of 36 words.


Auctions History

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised
19.05.2004 Christie's (London) 2 £3,000 - £5,000 £4,300 £5,378 [3]


Manuscript

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The Story of Spedegue's Dropper


  • p. 1

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The Terror of Blue John Gap


The Undiscovered Country (1918)

Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the introduction of The Undiscovered Country by Harold Bayley published in july 1918 by Cassell & Co. 2 pages.


Auctions History

Date (d/m/y) Auction House Lot Estimated price Hammer price Price realised
17.04.2002 Christie's (New York) 210 $2,500 - $3,500 $2,750 $3,346


Manuscript

  • p. 1

  • p. 2


The Valley of Fear


The Voyage of Copley Banks


The White Company (1891)

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Uncle Bernac


Ypres (1915)

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Published facsimile

Sorted by publishing date.



  1. ↑ 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."
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
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