Record ID:
108762
Accession number:
MA 3167
Credit:
Purchased as the gift of Mr. Frederick A. Melhado, 1978.
Description:
1 item (13 p.) ; 32.6 x 20.5 cm
Notes:
This manuscript was prepared for and intended to be published in the Strand Magazine as no. 4 of the series Strange Stories from Life in early 1901, but it was not published there.
Summary:
A fair copy of the story as intended for publication in 1901, with some autograph corrections. Heading on p. 1 reads "Strange Studies from Life / IV / The voyage of the 'Flowery Land.'" Signed "A. Conan Doyle" on p. 13.
Housed in:
Red quarter leather slipcase (34.4 cm)
Provenance:
Sale (London, Christie's, March 8, 1978, lot 333); purchased as the gift of Frederick A. Melhado, 1978.
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