Manuscripts
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)
A Day at Borstal | Article | Written on 19 december 1921 | 13 pages |
Manuscript
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Admiral Denver
Admiral Denver | Play | Undated | 7 pages |
A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus (1899)
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 |
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19.11.2003 | Christie's (London) | 6853 | 49 | £30,000 - £40,000 | £30,000 | £35,850 |
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Page from chapter 7
A Forgotten Tale
A Forgotten Tale | Poem | 3 pages | Held by The Newberry Library |
A Glimpse of the Army (1900)
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 |
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19.11.2003 | Christie's (London) | 6853 | 50 | £3,000 - £5,000 | £3,500 | £4,182.50 |
An Alpine Pass on "Ski"
An Alpine Pass on "Ski" | Article | Undated | 12 pages |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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19.05.2004 | Christie's (London) | 6972 | 76 | £2,000 - £3,000 | £5,500 | £6,572 |
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p. 1
A Regimental Scandal
A Regimental Scandal | Short story | 1891~1892 | 18 pages |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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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 |
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An essay On the Intemperance of our Country
An essay On the Intemperance of our Country... | Essay | Undated | 42 pages | Held by Toronto Public Library (2010~) |
Angels of Darkness (1889-1890)
Angels of Darkness | Play | Written 1889-1890 | 5 booklets | Held by Toronto Public Library (1992~) |
An Iconoclast
An Iconoclast | Short story | Undated | 9 pages | Held by Haverford College (PA, USA) |
An Impression of the Regency
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 |
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19.05.2004 | Christie's (London) | 6972 | 18 | £1,500 - £2,000 | £1,500 | £1,792 [1] |
A Scandal in Bohemia
A Scandal in Bohemia | Short story |
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p. 1
A Shadow Before (1898)
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 |
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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 |
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A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet | Novel | Written 1885~1886 |
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p. 1
A Synopsis of Geology
A Synopsis of Geology | Lecture | Undated | 23 pages |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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19.05.2004 | Christie's (London) | 6972 | 87 | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1,100 | £1,314 [2] |
Bendy's Sermon
Bendy's Sermon | Poem |
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Fac-simile
Brigadier Gerard at Waterloo
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 |
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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 |
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p. 1
Crabbe's Practice (ca. 1884)
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 |
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19.05.2004 | Christie's (London) | 6972 | 10 | £3,000 - £5,000 | £5,000 | £5,975 |
Danger! (1914)
Danger! | Short story | Written on 21 april 1914 | 42 pages | Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5289 |
Foreign Policy (1892)
Foreign Policy | Play | Written in 1892 | 24 pages |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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19.05.2004 | Christie's (London) | 6972 | 39 | £8,000 - £12,000 | --- | Unsold |
Giant Maximin
Giant Maximin | Short story | Undated | 18 pages | Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5094 |
His Last Bow (1917)
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 |
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19.06.2008 | Sotheby's (New York) | 8455 | 50 [3] | $150,000 - $250,000 | --- | Unsold |
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p. 1
How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear
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 |
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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 |
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p. 42
How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom
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
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)
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
How the Brigadier Rode to Minsk | Short story | Undated (ca. 1902) | 21 pages | Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5291 |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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06.12.1984 | Sotheby's (London) | ? | 184 | ? | ? | ? |
17.12.1998 | Sotheby's (London) | LN8729 | 334 | £12,000 - £15,000 | ? | ? |
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p. 1
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How the Brigadier Saved the Army
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
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
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 |
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17.04.1999 | Swann Auction Galleries (NY) | 44 | ? |
How the King Held the Brigadier
How the King Held the Brigadier | Short story | Undated | 26 pages | Held by the British Library (2015~) |
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How Watson Learned the Trick
How Watson Learned the Trick | Short story | Written in 1922 | 33 miniature pages | Held by Windsor Castle |
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In Memoriam (1883)
In Memoriam | Poem |
Manuscript
Life on a Greenland Whaler (1896)
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 |
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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)
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 |
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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)
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)
Memories and Adventures | Autobiography | Signed 19 dec 1923 | 396 pages | Held by Mount Holyoke College |
Mr. Sherlock Holmes and his Friends (1927)
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 |
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20.09.2012 | Freeman's (New York) | 1438 | 216 | $5,000 - $8,000 | $64,400 | $80,500 |
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Mrs. Thompson (1913)
Mrs. Thompson | Play | Written in 1913 | 128 pages |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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19.05.2004 | Christie's (London) | 6972 | 49 | £5,000 - £8,000 | --- | Unsold |
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Title page and part of page 1
Notes from a Strange Mailbag
Notes from a Strange Mailbag | Essay | Undated | 22 pages | Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5356 |
Recent Psychic Evidence
Recent Psychic Evidence | Article | Undated | 7 pages | Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5288 |
Rodney Stone (ca. 1895)
Rodney Stone | Novel | Undated | 531 pages |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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09.04.2016 | Bonham's (New York) | 23644 | 13 | $80,000 - $120,000 | --- | Unsold |
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Preface
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Chapter I
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Chapter X
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Chapter XVIII
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Chapter XXII
Shakespeare's Expostulation (1908-1909)
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 |
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10.07.2019 | Christie's (London) | 17200 | 580 | £1,000 - £1,500 | £1,700 | £2,125 |
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Sir Nigel (1905)
Sir Nigel | Novel | Written in 1905 | 388 pages | Held by The Morgan Library (NY, USA) |
Some Personalia About Mr. Sherlock Holmes (1917)
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)
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 |
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19.06.2014 | Christie's (New York) | 2861 | 222 [4] | $250,000 - $350,000 | $260,000 | $317,000 |
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The Adventure of the Worst Man in London (ca. 1904)
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 |
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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] |
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The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place | Short story |
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange | Short story |
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier | Short story |
The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923)
The Adventure of the Creeping Man | Short story | Written ca. 1923 | 44 pages |
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The Adventure of the Crooked Man (1893)
The Adventure of the Crooked Man | Short story | 1893 | 4 pages | Collection of Robin Bradley Martin (11 july 2023) |
- 4 pages (322 x 202 mm), written on the rectos only of 4 large leaves of writing paper, the first two with a blindstamp of the "Reform Club, Pall Mall S.W.," [South Norwood, 1893].
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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20.07.2023 | Sotheby's | Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana |
1185 | $35,000-50,000 | $75,000 | $95,250 |
Manuscript
The Adventure of the Dancing Men (1903)
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 |
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18.04.2018 | Heritage Auctions (Dallas) | 6196 | 47156 | no estimate | $250,000 | $312,500 |
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Cover
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Title page
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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot | Short story |
The Adventure of the Dying Detective (1913)
The Adventure of the Dying Detective | Short story | Written on 27 july 1913 | 18 pages |
Manuscript
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p. 1
The Adventure of the Empty House
The Adventure of the Empty House | Short story | The Rosenbach Museum & Library |
Manuscript
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p. 1
The Adventure of the Final Problem
The Adventure of the Final Problem | Short story |
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez | Short story |
Manuscript
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p. 1
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
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 |
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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 | $280,000 | $350,000 |
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The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1924)
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
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane | Short story |
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone | Short story |
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter | Short story | Undated | 25 pages | Held by the British Library |
Manuscript
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p. 1
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual | Short story |
The Adventure of the Naval Treaty | Short story |
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor | Short story |
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder | Short story |
The Adventure of the Priory School
The Adventure of the Priory School | Short story |
The Adventure of the Red Circle
The Adventure of the Red Circle | Short story |
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire | Short story |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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19.05.2004 | Christie's (London) | 6972 | 15 | £5,000 - £8,000 | £24,000 | £28,680 [6] |
Manuscript
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11 last lines
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman | Short story | Undated | 18 pages | Held by the British Library (1997~) |
Manuscript
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p. 14
The Adventure of the Second Stain
The Adventure of the Second Stain | Short story | Held by Haverford College, courtesy of Christopher Morley. |
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons | Short story |
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
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 |
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16.11.2004 | Sotheby's (New York) | 8012 | 509 | $200,000 - $300,000 | $300,000 | $344,000 [7] |
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Speckled Band | Short story |
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk | Short story |
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1924)
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 |
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09.06.2004 | Christie's (New York) | 1388 | 58 | $150,000 - $200,000 | $350,000 | $399,500 |
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p. 1
The Adventure of the Three Gables
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 |
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21.06.2007 | Sotheby's (New York) | 8330 | 104 | $350,000 - $500,000 | --- | Unsold |
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p. 31
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs | Short story |
The Adventure of the Three Students
The Adventure of the Three Students | Short story |
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger | Short story |
The American's Story
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 |
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19.05.2004 | Christie's (London) | 6972 | 9 | $8,000 - $12,000 | $11,000 | $13,145 [8] |
Manuscript
The Ballad of the Eurydice
The Ballad of the Eurydice | Poem | 3 pages |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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10.12.1993 | Sotheby's (New York) | --- | Unsold |
The Black Hawk (undated)
The Black Hawk | Play | Undated | 9 pages |
The Bully of Brocas Court
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 |
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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 | ||
13.09.2023 | RRAuction (USA) | 674 | 376 | $50,000-$55,000 |
Manuscript
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p. 1
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p. 27
The Coming of the Huns
The Coming of the Huns | Short story | Undated | 12 pages | Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5354 |
The Criminal (undated)
The Criminal | Play | Undated | 12 pages |
The Crown Diamond (Undated)
The Crown Diamond | Play | Undated | 25 pages | Held by Toronto Public Library (2010~) |
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | Short story |
The Edge of the Unknown
The Edge of the Unknown | Essay |
Manuscript
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"Dwellers on the Border" (p. 1)
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"Dwellers on the Border" (p. 2)
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"Dwellers on the Border" (p. 3)
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"Dwellers on the Border" (p. 4)
The Fires of Fate (undated)
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)
The Flights of Dr Curtius | Play | Undated | 14 pages |
The Genius of George Meredith (1888)
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
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p. 1
The Great Shadow
The Great Shadow | Novel | Undated | 191 pages | Held by Harry Ransom Center |
The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe (ca. 1877)
The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe | Short story | Written ca. 1877 | 24 pages | Held by The National Library of Scotland |
Manuscript
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p. 1
The Home-Coming
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
The Horror of the Heights | Short story | Undated | 18 pages | Held by University of Minnesota |
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901)
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 |
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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
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chap 1, p. 2
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chap 5, p. ?
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chap 12, p. 2
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chap 12, p. ?
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chap 13, p. 1
The King of the Foxes
The King of the Foxes | Short story | Undated | 9 pages | Held by Dartmouth College (NH, USA) |
The Land of Mist
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 |
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11.11.1955 | Parke-Bernet (New York) | Nina Mdivani Conan Doyle | |||||
22.03.1966 | Parke-Bernet (New York) | A "Boston collector" |
Manuscript
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Page 1
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Page of chapter 4
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Page of chapter 4
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Bound volume
The Land of Mist (The Darker Side)
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
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Chapter XIII: The Darker Side (Unpublished chapter) p. 1
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Chapter XIII: The Darker Side (Unpublished chapter)
The Last Galley (1910)
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 |
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10.12.1993 | Sotheby's (New York) | $2,750 | $3,163 |
The Last of the Legions
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
The Last Resource | Short story | Held by a private collector (2004~) |
The Leather Funnel
The Leather Funnel | Short story | Undated | 15 pages | Held by The Newberry Library, MS 5290 |
The Lost World
The Lost World | Novel | Undated | ~300 pages | Held by the New York Public Library |
The Man with the Twisted Lip
The Man with the Twisted Lip | Short story |
The Maracot Deep (1927)
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
The Marriage of the Brigadier | Short story | Undated | 10 pages | Held by the Toronto Public Library (2013~) |
The Medal of Brigadier Gerard
The Medal of Brigadier Gerard | Short story | 1891~1894 | 41 pages | Held by the British Library (2015~) |
Manuscript
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p. 1
The Narrative of John Smith (ca. 1880)
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 |
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19.05.2004 | Christie's (London) | 6972 | 11 | £40,000 - £60,000 | £38,000 | £47,800 |
Manuscript
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p. 1
The New Nuctemeron (1930)
The New Nuctemeron, The Twelve Hours of Apollonius of Tyana | Introduction | Written in 1930 | 1 page |
Manuscript
The Nightmare Room
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
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p. 8
The Old Testament (1928)
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
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
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p. 11
The Passage of the Red Sea (1873)
The Passage of the Red Sea | Poem | Written on 14 november 1873 |
Manuscript
The Prisoner's Defence (ca. 1915)
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
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p. 1-13
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p. 1
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p. 13
The Problem of Thor Bridge (ca. 1921)
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
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p. 1
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p. 38
The Rattle of the Bicycles (undated)
The Rattle of the Bicycles | Poem | Undated | 1 page |
Manuscript
The Red Star
The Red Star | Short story | Undated | 11 pages | Held by a private collector (2004~) |
The Refugees (1891)
The Refugees | Novel | Dated january 1891 | 414 pages | Held by Brigham Young University |
Manuscript
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Manuscript p. 1
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Manuscript p. 2
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Manuscript p. 3
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Manuscript p. 4
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Manuscript p. 5
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Manuscript p. 6
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Manuscript p. 7
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Manuscript p. 8
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Manuscript p. 9
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Manuscript p. 10
The Romance of Medicine
The Romance of Medicine | Article | Undated | 19 pages | Held by The Newberry Library |
The Sign of Four
The Sign of Four | Novel | 1889 |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26.06.2024 | Sotheby's (New York) | 11497 | ? | $800,000–1,200,000 | ? | ? |
Manuscript
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p. 1 (1st version of manuscript)
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cover (v2)
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p. 1 (v2)
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p. 1 (v2)
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Last page (v2)
The Spiritualism Movement (1926)
The Spiritualism Movement | Essay | Written ca. 1926 | 2 pages |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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04.05.2017 | Swann Auction Gallery (Los Angeles) | 2446 | 345 | $3,500 - $5,000 | --- | Unsold |
Manuscript
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Recto
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Verso
The Stark Munro Letters
The Stark Munro Letters | Novel | Written ca. 1894 |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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19.05.2004 | Christie's (London) | 6972 | 14 | £1,000 - £1,500 | £2,500 | £2,988 [13] |
Manuscript
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Fragment and notes
The Story of a Bengal Tiger (ca. 1885)
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 |
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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
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 |
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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
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p. 1
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The Terror of Blue John Gap
The Terror of Blue John Gap | Short story | Undated | ? | Held by Dartmouth College (NH, USA) |
The Undiscovered Country (1918)
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 |
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17.04.2002 | Christie's (New York) | 1104 | 210 | $2,500 - $3,500 | $2,750 | $3,346 |
Manuscript
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p. 1
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p. 2
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear | Novel |
The Vital Message (c. 1918-1919)
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 |
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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 | $22,000 | $27,720 |
Manuscript
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Chapter I, p. 1
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Chapter III, p. 1
The Voyage of Copley Banks
The Voyage of Copley Banks | Short story | Private collection (2004~) |
The Voyage of the Flowery Land (1899)
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 |
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08.03.1978 | Christie's (London) | 333 | ? |
The Waterloo Play (undated)
The Waterloo Play | Play | Undated | 15 pages |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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19.05.2004 | Christie's (London) | 6972 | 42 | £8,000 - £12,000 | --- | Unsold [15] |
Manuscript
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p. 1
The White Company (1891)
The White Company | Novel |
Manuscript
Through the Veil
Through the Veil | Short story | Undated | 6 pages |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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19.03.2015 | Swann Auction Galleries (NY) | 2376 | 185 | $3,000 - $4,000 | $5,200 | $6,500 |
Manuscript
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p. 6
Uncle Bernac
Uncle Bernac | Novel | Undated | 122 pages | Held by Roy Pilot private collection (2002~) |
The Youngest of the Sciences (1887~1891)
The Youngest of the Sciences (alternative title: "The Development of Hypnotism") | Essay | Undated | 22 pages | Held at Berg Collection (New York) |
Ypres (1915)
Ypres | Poem | Written in september 1915 | 4 pages |
Auctions
Date (d/m/y) | Auction House | Sale | Lot | Estimated price | Hammer price | Price realised |
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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.
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A Regimental Scandal (1995)
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Mandate for Murder
The Adevnture of the Red Circle (2001) -
The Hound of the Baskervilles chapter XI (2001)
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Angels of Darkness (2001)
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The Horror of the Heights (2004)
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Murderland
The Valley of Fear (2004) -
The Napoleon Bust Business Again
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (2004) -
So Painful a Scandal
The Adventure of the Three Students (2009) -
Bohemian Souls
A Scandal in Bohemia (2011) -
The Wrong Passage
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (2012) -
Irregular Stain
The Adventure of the Second Stain (2013) -
Out of Abyss
The Adventure of the Empty House (2014) -
Dancing to Death
The Adventure of the Dancing Men (2016) -
Trenches
His Last Bow (2017) -
The Lost World (SP Books, 2020)
- ↑ 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 9.4 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".